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BUTCHKO BLASTS SCRUGGS

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Judge Butchko has granted a defense motion to suppress two tape recordings in the State's prosecution of Reverend Gaston Smith for allegedly misappropriating $10,000.00 in County grant funds. The New Times is all over this story. The title links to the New Times article. Some tidbits from the article: The judge reserved her harshest comments for Scruggs, a veteran prosecutor who cut his teeth in Miami's U.S. Attorney's Office.... She chastized Scruggs for not immediately notifying Smith's lawyer and State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle about the recordings. "The way you handled this disclosure was very unprofessional," Butchko railed. "As soon as you found this out, not only did you need to call them, you needed to draft a letter explaining exactly what happened and the purpose of the tape and the meaning of it, to avoid an appearance of impropriety...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 07, 2009 (boomark / email).