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Texas polygamist raid based on defective warrant?

By Gideon

Grits is all over the story that the search warrant and accompanying affidavit used to enter and search the polygamist compound headed by the now convicted Warren Jeffs may be illegal. For starters, the initial warrant named the wrong person. Dale Barlow, the 50-year old man who an anonymous phone call accused of marrying and assaulting an underage girl. Barlow is actually on probation living in Arizona, says he’s never met the girl in question, and has not been arrested. Indeed, they can& read more

Full post as published by A Public Defender on April 09, 2008 (boomark / email).