LAKE CHARLES -- A pretrial hearing will resume Tuesday afternoon in Lake Charles for a gynecologist charged with video voyeurism and sexual battery.
The question is whether prosecutors can use evidence found in Dr. Peter LaFuria's truck.
Police had a warrant to search his office and vehicles on the premises. Detective Patty Bailey testified Friday that the truck was searched at LaFuria's house, and detectives found evidence that led them to ask for a warrant to search his house.
She testified that she believed the warrant to search his medical practice included a search of his vehicle.
LaFuria is charged with 186 counts of video voyeurism, 78 counts of sexual battery and five counts of molestation of a juvenile.
Even if the hearing concludes Tuesday, Judge David Ritchie said he won't rule on the motion to suppress, or another motion to change venue, until early December, possibly Dec. 7.
"It's going slow, but we've got to make sure our T's are crossed and our I's dotted," prosecutor Cynthia Killingsworth said. "We want to make sure things are done correctly. The judge is doing a good job of making sure things are filed correctly."
Glen Vamvoras, a defense lawyer for LaFuria, said the hearing was taking time because "this hearing is really about resolving a critical issue. We shouldn't just gloss over it."
Source: http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2012/11/video_voyeurism_pretrial_heari.html
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