Lawyer testifies that Zimmerman prosecution didn't hand over evidence

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Associated Press

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4:30am

A court employee who retrieved photos and deleted text messages from Trayvon Martin's cellphone has been placed on administrative leave after an attorney testified that prosecutors didn't properly turn over the evidence to the defense, an attorney said Wednesday.

Former prosecutor Wesley White said he was ethically obligated to reveal that 4th Judicial Circuit Information Technology director Ben Kruidbos retrieved the data that weren't turned over.

Kruidbos was placed on leave shortly after White testified during a hearing in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder case on Tuesday. White said Kruidbos was interviewed by state attorney investigators twice before the action was taken.

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[grok]

1. often this type of activity is enough for a dismissal

Makes you wonder if the prosecution is purposefully messing things up
so it won't actually go to trial. A trial might show how little they actually have
and that the indictment was actually for political cover.

[WinkyDink]

2. Yeah, okay.