The judge ruling on suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez‘s case has denied a motion to compel discovery as the proceedings continue.
On Thursday, February 5, a Florida judge denied a motion from the defense team of Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez to compel the prosecution to provide discovery in the illegal gambling case. Lopez is charged with using his influence as sheriff to collect more than $600,000 in unlawful payments while operating Eclipse Social Club, a now-closed illegal gaming room in Kissimmee where customers could use unlicensed slot machines and other illegal gambling devices. The investigation has already led to the sheriff’s suspension.
Although the judge denied the discovery motion, the defense and prosecution came to an agreement to have the statewide prosecutor’s office send a representative to the defense to access the evidence.
“It’s voluminous, the discovery,” defense attorney Migdalia told Click Orlando. “We may need to go there with terabytes and whatnot. It may be a full day that we’re there, I don’t really know, but that’s what’s going to happen. So we’re going to meet and hopefully we’ll get the rest of the discovery.”…