A Worcester County Circuit Court judge last week denied a protective order as well as sanctions against legal counsel representing Tyler Mailloux, the man accused in a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp.
During a hearing last Thursday, Worcester County Circuit Court judge Brett Wilson ruled against the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office’s motion seeking a protective order to shield discovery materials as well as sanctions against Mailloux’s legal representation. All other motions in the case, he said, would be deferred, with a status hearing now set for Dec. 5.
“This is a case where emotions run high …,” he said. “I believe as the case has matured, some of the issues at the time no longer exist.”
While the state’s motion for a protective order and sanctions against the defense counsel has been shielded – a legal move that State’s Attorney Kris Heiser said is used to protect sensitive information, including medical information and information about juveniles – Mailloux’s attorney, George Psoras, argued the request should be denied. In his response to the motion, Psoras said the state’s attorney’s office accused the defense of disclosing certain protected health and identifying information about the juvenile victim and releasing discovery materials to the public.
“The State has made these inappropriate allegations in an attempt to sully the Defendant, his counsel, and his family, and to further inflame the community against the Defendant …,” the response reads. “Defense counsel affirmatively states that he has never made any statements to the media unlike the state’s agency.”
In court last week, Wilson denied the state’s motion. All other remaining motions, have been postponed.
“All other motions I have will be deferred for further proceedings by this court,” the judge concluded.
I hope this case actually goes to court. It is well beyond time for this to end.
Retired Dorchester County Judge Wilson that is doing the case still butt hurt from getting told he made a really BAD decision to dismiss the case before. Take it out on our county???