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DETROIT (UPI) -- Lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick are
attempting to stop certain text messages from being used in his trial,
court filings show.
The Detroit News said Kilpatrick attorney James Thomas is at the
center of an attempt to convince Judge Ronald Giles not to allow text
messages involving the mayor as evidence in Kilpatrick's ongoing
corruption trial.
Mayer Morganroth, the attorney for former Detroit Chief of Staff
Christine Beatty, said the text messages could be misconstrued in the
media if allowed into evidence in the trial of his client and
Kilpatrick.
"The messages will undoubtedly be widely revealed in the media," he
said. "Such hasty public release of the alleged text (messages) prior
to any finding that such text (messages) are admissible at all will
deprive defendants of their right to a fair trial."
The defense lawyers have argued the messages should be inadmissible
since the actual parties behind the messages cannot be validated, the
newspaper said.
Kilpatrick and Beatty are facing various felony charges ranging from
perjury to obstruction of office in connection with their alleged
dealings while in office.