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Lawyer: Woman Improperly Questioned In Portage Torture Case
Judge To Consider Request Thursday
UPDATED: 1:46 pm CDT June 4,
2008
PORTAGE, Wis. -- The attorney for a drifter accused of helping kill her roommate last summer said that a probation agent improperly interrogated her.
Attorney David Geier claims in court documents that state probation agent David Ford visited Candace Clark in jail in May. Ford told Clark that he was gathering information for a pre-sentence report for Michaela Clerc, another member of Clark's alleged group who pleaded guilty in February to torturing the slain woman's son and stuffing him in a closet.Geier said that Ford didn't read Clark her rights before interrogating her about her role in the case.Geier wants a judge to suppress potential testimony from Ford in Clark's case and place a gag order on him. A judge is expected to consider the request at a hearing on Thursday.
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- June 2, 2008: Humane Society: Portage Area Poaching Case Worst This Year
- May 9, 2008: Torture-Case Judge OKs Use Of Statements To Portage Police
- April 29, 2008: Judge Hears Testimony In Portage Torture, Slaying Case
- March 15, 2008: Judge Grants Separate Trials In Portage Torture-Slaying Case
- March 1, 2008: Clerc Pleads No Contest To Abusing Portage Boy
- February 29, 2008: Lawyer: Client Will Plead To Helping Abuse Boy In Portage
- December 14, 2007: Three Enter Not Guilty Pleas In Portage Slaying, Child Abuse Case
- November 20, 2007: Judge Orders Trial For Couple In Portage Slaying Case
- November 19, 2007: Doctor: Portage Boy Was Most Beaten Child She'd Ever Seen
- November 15, 2007: Teen Accused In Portage Killing Moved To Juvenile Court
- November 13, 2007: Teen Accused In Portage Slaying Could Move To Juvenile Court
- November 7, 2007: Boy Won't Have To Testify In Person In Portage Abuse Case
- July 2, 2007: Fundraisers Bring In More Than $18,000 For Abused Portage Boy
- June 28, 2007: Victim's Relative Agrees To Stop Fundraising Effort
- June 28, 2007: Donations For Abused Boy Top $10,000
- June 25, 2007: Portage Slaying Victim's Family Raises Money For Tortured Son
- June 23, 2007: Woman Accused In Portage Investigation Speaks To Reporters
- June 22, 2007: Beaten Boy Still Hospitalized; FBI Might Enter Portage Investigation
- June 22, 2007: Homicide, Torture Case Rocks Portage
- June 20, 2007: Teen Arrested In Connection To Portage Slaying
- June 19, 2007: Toddler Rescued In Portage Was Missing From Florida Foster Care
- June 19, 2007: Portage Landlord: Family Requested Back Yard Patio
- June 18, 2007: Authorities Continue Portage Investigation
- June 17, 2007: Police Investigating Child Abduction Uncover Body, Alleged Abuse
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