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AUG 21, 2022
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Defense lawyers for Adam Montgomery, the jailed Manchester father of homicide victim Harmony Montgomery, have asked a judge to throw out two police interviews, claiming police ignored his refusals to talk and eventually convinced him to do so.
In court filings, veteran defense lawyer Caroline Smith wrote that police pressed and badgered Montgomery, 32, to speak to them during encounters on New Year’s Eve and Jan. 4, when the search for Harmony was in its infancy.
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Smith also wants any evidence obtained from Montgomery’s Tracfone suppressed.
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The lead prosecutor in the case, Senior Assistant Attorney General Jesse O’Neill, has obtained extensions to deadlines to answer Smith’s motions to suppress. He did not respond to an email seeking comment for this article.
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Smith faults police for holding onto the phone for 31 days before seeking a warrant to search it. And she faulted the warrant for not limiting the scope of the search to conversations between Montgomery and Kayla Montgomery.
Jury selection on the theft and weapons charges is scheduled for Nov. 7. No trial is scheduled for the Harmony-related charges; a status conference is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Defense lawyer: Police ignored Adam Montgomery's refusal to talk
Defense lawyers for Adam Montgomery, the jailed Manchester father of homicide victim Harmony Montgomery, have asked a judge to throw out two police interviews, claiming police ignored his refusals to
In court filings, veteran defense lawyer Caroline Smith wrote that police pressed and badgered Montgomery, 32, to speak to them during encounters on New Year’s Eve and Jan. 4, when the search for Harmony was in its infancy.
[...]
Smith also wants any evidence obtained from Montgomery’s Tracfone suppressed.
[...]
The lead prosecutor in the case, Senior Assistant Attorney General Jesse O’Neill, has obtained extensions to deadlines to answer Smith’s motions to suppress. He did not respond to an email seeking comment for this article.
[...]
Smith faults police for holding onto the phone for 31 days before seeking a warrant to search it. And she faulted the warrant for not limiting the scope of the search to conversations between Montgomery and Kayla Montgomery.
Jury selection on the theft and weapons charges is scheduled for Nov. 7. No trial is scheduled for the Harmony-related charges; a status conference is scheduled for Oct. 27.
