Former Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr.'s legal team may show video evidence at his felony rape trial next week to support its claim that mistaken identity might have prompted police to charge the wrong man, a judge ruled Friday.
.'s legal team may now show video evidence at his felony rape trial next week to support its claim that mistaken identity might have prompted police to charge the wrong man, a judge ruled Friday.
"Additionally, the defendant, the third-party defendant, to be very carefully precise, the third-party defendant is alleged to have been present at the scene of this case and this alleged crime," Judge Hanley said in her ruling Friday."The court finds that that evidence is relevant and admissible and the defense will be allowed to present that evidence."Shannon was charged with felony rape and arrested in December.
Per Shannon's attorneys at Friday's hearing, video evidence shows an unnamed third party standing in"exactly" the same spot -- next to a Kansas basketball player who will testify in Shannon's defense -- at the same time and within"arm's length" of where the woman in the NBA prospect's case said he was standing the night of the alleged sexual assault.
On Thursday, Shannon's legal team filed a motion to allow the video evidence to be admitted at his trial next week. Prosecutors in Kansas also filed a motion to prevent that request. A different judge had initially called the video evidence of the third-party defendant"unfettered speculation" and blocked the earlier motion by Shannon's legal team to admit it.
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