When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Ryan Frederick Case Update

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CHESAPEAKE

The special prosecutor in the case against Ryan Frederick, the Chesapeake man accused of killing a city detective, wants the murder trial moved out of the Hampton Roads area.

The commonwealth has urged the court for a change of venue from Chesapeake to a court elsewhere in the state. Frederick is to stand trial Jan. 20 in Chesapeake Circuit Court on charges of capital murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.

Paul Ebert, the commonwealth’s attorney from Prince William County appointed to the case, said the trial must be moved because pretrial publicity has made it impossible for the commonwealth to get a fair trial.

Frederick’s attorney, James Broccoletti, said he opposes any move, arguing that the citizens of Chesapeake have not only an obligation but a right to sit in judgment in a case of this magnitude.

Frederick, who turned 29 in the Chesapeake Correctional Center, is accused of fatally shooting Detective Jarrod Shivers on the night of Jan. 17 while Shivers and more than a dozen other officers executed a drug search warrant.

Very interesting, usually its the defendant who ask to have the case move to another part of the state, but here it the DA, who claim he can't get a fair hearing. THIS IS A SET UP THE CHESAPEAKE PD FUCK UP PERIOD and now is blaming Ryan for protecting his home... no or very little weed was found is now enough for any VA DA to charge people with possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. Better watch out if you have any pain killers in your purse you just might get charge with trafficing

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