Lawyers Ask Judge To Force Prosecutors To Release Freddie Gray Evidence
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Lawyers for the six officers charged in Freddie Gray's death asked the judge to force prosecutors to turn over evidence. They claim prosecutors have been sitting on key witness statements.
Denise Koch reports the accusation comes in a new court filing, according to our media partners at the Baltimore Sun.
The attorneys for six Baltimore police officers in the Freddie Gray case are calling for the court to sanction prosecutors in a new court filing obtained by the Baltimore Sun.
The defense claims prosecutors are just turning over evidence that should have been provided weeks ago, like witness statements that Gray was "losing his mind" in the police van, "kicking the inner door and aggressively shaking."
Gray was arrested, loaded into a police van and injured April 12. He died of a spinal cord injury a week later.
In the new court filings, the defense says it can't trust the state's attorney's office will hand over all the evidence it has on time and that the judge should intervene.
The six officers will be tried individually over the next six months. The first trial is set for November 30. All six have pleaded not guilty.