Anna Kepner: The Cellphone Evidence Prosecutors Handed the Defense
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Eric Faddis discusses the implications of cellphone evidence in the Anna Kepner case and the legal strategies involved.
The discovery is open in the Anna Kepner case, and one item stands out. Prosecutors turned over a cellphone data extraction from a device identified only as "C.K." — not the phone belonging to the accused. Anna's father is Christopher Kepner. If the government extracted data from the victim's father's phone and handed it to the defense as part of discovery, that tells you something about where investigators went and what they were looking for. Former prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis examines what that evidence disclosure signals about the investigation's scope and how the defense may use it. Timothy Hudson, sixteen, faces first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse charges in federal court in connection with the death of his eighteen-year-old stepsister aboard the Carnival Horizon. Hudson was indicted by a federal grand jury and has pled not guilty. He did not appear in court for the plea — his attorneys filed a written entry on his behalf, a procedural choice Faddis explains in the context of an ongoing detention dispute. Hudson is currently on pre-trial release under GPS monitoring, living with a relative. Prosecutors have moved to revoke that release, arguing…
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