Waikiki shooting evidence should go public, defense says

Prosecutors want the materials sealed until a federal agent's trial

By Ken Kobayashi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 23, 2012

~~<p>Surveillance videos at a Waikiki McDonald's restaurant show a State Department special agent identifying himself as a law enforcement officer before he was attacked by the man he's charged with murdering, the special agent's lawyer said Tuesday in urging a state judge to make public the video and defense court documents.</p>
<p>Christopher Deedy's attorney, Brook Hart, said the video is "compelling evidence" to support his client's immunity from the state murder prosecution because he was acting as a federal law enforcement officer.</p>
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Surveillance videos at a Waikiki McDonald's restaurant show a State Department special agent identifying himself as a law enforcement officer before he was attacked by the man he's charged with murdering, the special agent's lawyer said Tuesday in urging a state judge to make public the video and defense court documents.

Christopher Deedy's attorney, Brook Hart, said the video is "compelling evidence" to support his client's immunity from the state murder prosecution because he was acting as a federal law enforcement officer. Login for more...