Plainfielders who read the coverage of Councilor Davis' DWI trial in Scotch Plains municipal court this morning -- in the Courier and the Plaintalker -- may have sighed when they came to the part about Plainfield not seeming to comply with the discovery order -- that is, o supply materials requested by the defense in a timely fashion. What?! Did Plainfield drop the ball?
Well, friends, it may just be that the Plainfield Police Division did NOT drop the ball. The streets and City Hall were crackling this afternoon with assertions that Plainfield not only prepared the materials, but DID SO IN GOOD TIME.
So, the question now is: How could Scotch Plains prosecutor Thomas Russo claim not to have received them?
Where was the chain broken? How? Why? Was there skullduggery?
As they say in CSI shows: Who had a motive? Who had an opportunity?
My bet is we haven't heard the last of the discovery documents yet.
- Plainfield Plaintalker: "Judge Dismisses Major Charge Against Davis" -- Ledger: lots of comments here.
- Courier: "Davis wins first round in court"
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Dan, Friday's Ledger says the documents were faxed to Russo. Those of us who used to use faxes in business transactions were in the habit of putting on the cover sheet the number of pages in the transmission. That way, those on the receiving end could tell at a glance whether they had received all the pages originally sent. Did Plainfield use a cover sheet? Did Russo's office check it against the number of pages received? Did the judge ask Russo that question? Sounds like there are some questions about how professional Scotch Plains is. In which case, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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