DA Reviews Cases After Taped Cop Interviews Found
May 19, 2009
Channel 8 San Diego and Associated Press
OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - San Diego County prosecutors are trying to determine how many criminal cases could be affected by the discovery of a stash of taped suspect interviews going back as far as 2001.
Public Defender Steve Carroll said Tuesday that Oceanside Officer Damon Smith taped interviews for eight years but never turned them in as evidence.
Defense attorneys were unaware of the tapes' existence until they were notified earlier this month by the district attorney's office.
The tapes came to light in April when Smith was testifying in a domestic violence case.
Carroll says Smith's motive is unclear...
The discovery was originally reported by the North County Times.
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