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Former No. 2 Morphew prosecutor grilled in DA's disciplinary hearing
The second day of Linda Stanley's disciplinary hearing saw her number two prosecutor grilled over why the team investigated the presiding judge in the case in the month leading up to trial.denvergazette.com
-During an almost full day of testimony, 11th Judicial District Deputy District Attorney Mark Hurlbert told a different story. He said that in 30 years of practicing law, he had never been treated as poorly as he was by then-Judge Lama. “It was so far beyond the pale that I’ve never seen before,” said Hurlbert.
Lama disallowed domestic violence testimony in the Morphew case, which hinged on domestic abuse as the cornerstone of motive into Suzanne Morphew’s death. It was a ruling that perplexed and frustrated the prosecution team. Lama’s rulings "were so off the mark, it felt like he was biased against the prosecution’s case,” Hurlbert testified.
-The four-year-old case is no longer being prosecuted by Stanley's 11th Judicial District. It is now being investigated by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the prosecution work is now in the 12th Judicial District of the San Luis Valley, where Morphew's remains were found.
Hurlbert testified that because of the discovery, the case is "in much better shape" now.
June 14, 2024 Disciplinary Hearing:@CarolAMcKinley
Ongoing: during Linda Stanley,former #barrymorphew prosecutor disciplinary hearing, one of the DA's borrowed to help with "voluminous" paperwork testified that in the last month, the case was "was a snowball that kept rolling down the hill." Former prosecutor Stan Garnett next up
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Garnett, who was DA in Boulder for nine years, said that law enforcement made the #BarryMorphew arrest too early. "There should have been red flags including “lack of body and lack of theory.” He added "The problem the Morphew case was ….
"lack of leadership, the lack of focus, the lack of accountability." Former Colorado AG John Suthers should testify today. Garnett, who compared the case to #JonBenetRamsey, was on cross examination by Linda Stanley's atty.
Former No. 2 Morphew prosecutor grilled in DA's disciplinary hearing
The second day of Linda Stanley's disciplinary hearing saw her number two prosecutor grilled over why the team investigated the presiding judge in the case in the month leading up to trial.denvergazette.com
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