Opinion
2:11-CR-340-PMP-CWH
05-06-2013
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. TYRICKA MIDDLETON, Defendant.
ORDER
Having read and considered Defendant Middleton's Request for Court Order Allowing Defendant's Forensic Expert, Leon Mare, to Take Possession and Custody of Two Cell Phones in Evidence (Doc. #134) and the Government's Response thereto (Doc. #136) and good cause appearing,
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant Middleton's Motion/Request (Doc. #134) is GRANTED to the extent that Defendant's Forensic Expert, Leon Mare, shall be permitted to conduct a forensic examination of the two cell phones at issue in the presence of a Government forensic expert who shall produce the cell phones in question for Mare's examination at a laboratory jointly agreed to by counsel for Defendant and the Government, and shall thereafter return the same to Government custody for preservation until the re-trial in this case.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the cell phone examination provided for herein shall be accomplished withing thirty (30) days of the date of this order.
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PHILIP M. PRO
United States District Judge