Criminal
Feb. 5, 2009
Public Defender Asks Judge to Suppress Evidence From Jailhouse Calls
Contra Costa County Public Defender David C. Coleman is arguing that prosecutors shouldn't be able to use jailhouse recordings of inmates' telephone calls as evidence against them.
Daily Journal Staff Writer Hector Jose Sanchez is a suspected bank robber, in custody, being represented by the Contra Costa County Public Defender's Office. He makes collect phone calls from jail to speak with his mother and girlfriend. The sheriff's office digitally records and stores calls made by inmates - a fact the jail discloses. But prosecutors want to use recordings of Sanchez's conversations as evidence in their case agai...
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