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THE alleged Delphi murderer has been accused of lying about his access to confidential information.
Richard Allen had an exchange with Judge Fran Gull after the accused murderer claimed to not have access to the documents related to the case.
The bodies of Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, were found in February 2017, a day after they went hiking near Delphi, Indiana.
In an affidavit from the Carrol County Sheriff’s Department, detectives outlined what they believe happened the night of the murder.
“At 2:13 pm, investigators believe Richard Allen approached Abby and Libby on the Monon High Bridge and forced them down the hill to the area where he allegedly killed them.”
Allen was interviewed in 2017 but was not arrested until October 2022.
Recently, Allen’s former lawyers, Andrew Baldwin and Bradley Rozzi, had filed several motions with the Indiana Supreme Court after they were removed from the case due to an evidence leak.
The evidence was given to two podcasters who told the U.S. Sun that an unidentified person named “Mark” had sent them multiple photos of the Delphi murders.
Investigators allegedly found that the leak came from someone on Baldwin’s team.
Before the judge’s announcement, longtime defense attorney David Hennessy submitted a filing alleging that the lawyers were betrayed and should be allowed to remain Allen’s counsel.
“Attorney Baldwin did nothing wrong. He was snookered and abused,” Hennessy wrote in the filing, per NBC affiliate WTHR.
However, that did not phase the Judge as she claimed both lawyers acted with “gross negligence”
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“I cannot and will not allow these attorneys to represent you,” Gull told Allen.
Soon after she appointed the accused murderer newly appointed defense attorneys, William Lebrato and Richard Sremin.
‘NO MERIT’
Both lawyers requested that the Supreme Court review how Judge Gull had been handling the case, accusing her of violating public access by keeping some filings a secret.
They also claimed the judge had not given Allen complete access to all of the documents regarding the murder.
On Thursday, Gull denied these claims, stating that Allen and his team had complete access to all of the case documents, and his claims had no merit.
The judge also pointed out that by Allen’s “own admission,” he never filed a motion seeking any relief despite having the opportunity to do so.
“This failure alone warrants this Court to reject the Petition,” Gull said.
She continued, reminding him that all of the sealed documents had been released, plus she had ordered the clerk to make the confidential documents available to the public.
While going through his petition she also pointed out that Allen argued “extreme hardship” if it were denied.
Gull noted that Allen never explicitly stated that he is the one who would suffer if the documents were inaccessible, and instead alluded to the idea that this would cause a hardship to the public.
The judge believed that Allen had complete access to all of the case documents, even the sealed ones and that any of those documents did not hinder his defense.
While in court, the judge also addressed Allen’s attorney’s request to unseal public access to the Franks Memorandum filed by Rozzi and Baldwin.
However, due to the Franks Memorandum containing the names of minors it has to remain sealed.
She revealed that Allen’s defense team was supposed to supply a redacted version of the document, as well as review the pleading. From there they can either adopt it or make it their own.
Judge Gull will be back in court on November 27 to respond to Allen’s attorneys’ request for a transcript of a closed-door meeting from last month.