I just can't see how we get to trial in 3 weeks?
Either bridge guy, the bullet, the confessions are getting tossed out, or the defence has to ask for a continuance because according to their own filing, they didn't have time to review the discovery.
It feels like this filing should have come when they filed the speedy trial motion, because most of the things they complained about existed back then - rather than wait to complain to the judge 3 weeks before the trial? Maybe that is the strategy to collapse the trial? Their argument is now they can't be ready.
From the motion:
Either bridge guy, the bullet, the confessions are getting tossed out, or the defence has to ask for a continuance because according to their own filing, they didn't have time to review the discovery.
It feels like this filing should have come when they filed the speedy trial motion, because most of the things they complained about existed back then - rather than wait to complain to the judge 3 weeks before the trial? Maybe that is the strategy to collapse the trial? Their argument is now they can't be ready.
From the motion:
The fact that the State of Indiana has violated rules of discovery through very late disclosure of large volumes of evidence, including evidence that supports the theories of innocence, has put the defense in a precarious position where it could have (1) kept the October 2024 trial date and then spent the next 6-8 months reviewing late evidence that the State of Indiana had in its possession at the risk of continued deterioration of their client’s physical and mental wellbeing OR (2) seek a speedy trial and hope that they can put the case together in spite of the significant discovery violations perpetuated by the State that have put the defense at least 9-10 months behind where it should have been had the State of Indiana followed the rules.
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