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Fratta's Lawyer May Face Inquiry

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That's the title of an article in today's Houston Chronicle, written by Brian Rogers..  LINKA half-nude photograph e-mailed to convicted killer Robert Fratta through his attorney?s office sent the death penalty phase of the murder-for-hire trial through a tour of the inmate?s personal phone calls Wednesday and could prompt an investigation of his lawyer. Acting on a recorded phone call from Fratta to a woman with a Florida phone number, prosecutors last week confiscated from the former Missouri City public safety officer?s cell phone a photograph of the woman exposing her breast. State District Judge Belinda Hill ruled that prosecutors could argue Fratta violated jail rules with the explicit picture but that his attorney, Vivian King, was not responsible for the delivery of several photos...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 28, 2009 (boomark / email).