Lionel Tate, the teen sentenced to life in prison
in a 6-year-old girl's death but later freed, did not violate probation
because officers illegally searched him after his mother ordered him to
leave their home, his lawyer said Wednesday. At a brief hearing,
Circuit Judge Joel Lazarus set a trial Oct. 29 on charges that Tate had
violated probation on by leaving his apartment earlier this month while
under house arrest. He was also charged with carrying a weapon. Richard
Rosenbaum, Tate's attorney, told the judge that he would challenge the
search after Tate, 17, and a friend were stopped in the early morning
hours of Sept. 3, when most people in the region were locked down for
Hurricane Frances. Police said the search produced a pocketknife
and identification in Tate's name. [more ]
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