Why D4VD's Defense Reversed Its Own Prelim Strategy Overnight
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The episode discusses the D4VD case's preliminary hearing and the implications of the prosecution's detailed filing against David Anthony Burke.
The preliminary hearing in the D4VD case is set for May 26 after the defense's motion to delay was denied and a motion to seal the People's Brief was rejected by the court. The prosecution's filing — the most detailed evidentiary document produced in this case — lays out the framework for charges of first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and unlawful mutilation of human remains against David Anthony Burke. He has pleaded not guilty. The special circumstances alleged include murder of a witness, murder for financial gain, and lying in wait. Prosecutors have indicated the death penalty is under consideration. The filing details an alleged sexual relationship beginning when the victim was thirteen and the defendant was eighteen, an alleged motive rooted in the victim's reported threats to disclose the relationship, an alleged stabbing, an alleged months-long concealment period involving disposal materials reportedly ordered under a false name, and communications allegedly sent to the victim's phone after her reported death. Prosecutors have announced the alleged discovery of a significant amount of child sexual abuse…
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