Year: 2004

Prosecutors STILL Dragging Feet in Handing over Discovery – MJEOL Bullet #165 Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson “case” still haven’t turned over key discovery, including 4 videotapes made of the actual search of Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.  Defense attorneys say prosecutors are still sitting on very important information and have yet to turn over all unredacted and complete copies of the search warrants and their corresponding affidavits.  Why is it taking so long to hand over the most basic information to Jackson’s defense team?  Are prosecutors just bogged down in paperwork or are they intentionally stalling to prevent the defense from adequately defending Jackson?

DA’s Office has History of Illegal Searches, Breaking Atty-Client Privilege? – MJEOL Bullet #164 As previously reported, the search warrant served upon a defense attorney’s private investigator, Brad Miller, is a major point of contention in the Michael Jackson “case”. Aside from it being illegal for prosecutors to raid the office of anyone working with the defense team, there appears to be a history of this kind of brazen behavior with the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office (SB DA’s Office).

Apparently, Miller and Jackson aren’t the only persons whose rights may have been trampled on by this DA’s office. There have been other cases in regards to the DA’s office getting into trouble for screwing-over a defendant’s constitutional rights, as outlined in a June 22 2004 defense motion and July 9 response to the prosecution’s reply. Redacted copies were released by Judge Rodney Melville on July 8 2004.