Harlow Cuadra's Supplemental Concise Statement was filed today... more shortly.
Update @ 8/22/2009: According to the Times Leader... court papers filed by Cuadra’s attorney, Demetrius Fannick, Cuadra claims a judge erred in allowing recorded conversation from Black’s Beach and Crab Catcher’s Restaurant; and that evidence seized from Cuadra’s home and e-mail accounts should have been suppressed.
Cuadra said a judge erred in allowing a video of Cuadra working out; allowing autopsy photos to be shown twice; that the commonwealth was allowed to ask “leading questions,” as well as several other aspects of detailed events that happened at trial.
Cuadra said in court papers that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, arson and robbery.
Update @ 8/22/2009: According to the Times Leader... court papers filed by Cuadra’s attorney, Demetrius Fannick, Cuadra claims a judge erred in allowing recorded conversation from Black’s Beach and Crab Catcher’s Restaurant; and that evidence seized from Cuadra’s home and e-mail accounts should have been suppressed.
Cuadra said a judge erred in allowing a video of Cuadra working out; allowing autopsy photos to be shown twice; that the commonwealth was allowed to ask “leading questions,” as well as several other aspects of detailed events that happened at trial.
Cuadra said in court papers that there wasn’t enough evidence to convict him of first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, arson and robbery.
At last the tapes are being challenged, which always seemed to me to be the most questionable part of the evidence. Those tapes weren't mentioned in the concise statement filed by his trial attorneys.
ReplyDeleteIf the tapes are suppressed on appeal, there's a good chance he could win a new trial.
Unfortunately, Cuadra took the stand and told that fantastic story about running out and hiding on the floor of the car. That puts him at the scene, and I assume his testimony will be admissible if there's a new trial.
I'm sure everybody, maybe even Cuadra now, agrees that he should have kept his mouth shut.