DELPHI LATEST: The second motion filed to suppress evidence, has been removed by the defense. The first half of the day we heard testimony regarding the first motion to suppress. So far we have heard from two witnesses.
The state has requested the judge to throw out the motion made by the defense saying that their language is too broad.
The judge says she will take the State’s motion to dismiss under advisement, and allowed testimony, but voiced concerns about the language inside the defense’s motion.
The two witnesses we heard from so far were employees of the DOC while Richard Allen was at the Westville correctional facility. Some of their testimony was contradicting to each other.
We have also learned from the State that Allen has allegedly made 61 statements of guilt over the course of two months to different people at different times. Some of which are items the prosecution wants thrown out.
The warden at the time Allen was incarcerated in Westville testified to what kind of cell he was in, the type of supervision he was under, and shared he had one attempt of self harm while there. He said Allen was tased 2x in their custody for not cooperating with deputies.
The warden said he wanted to limit the amount of inmates who knew that Allen was incarcerated there and only allowed eight inmates to act as suicide companions to monitor Allen while he was in solitary confinement.
The prosecution claims Allen was never interrogated and says his confessions, which were verbal and written, were of his own accord.
Headed back into court to hear a number of witnesses still expected to hit the stand.