Items
to Suppress in People vs. Tommy Bruno
1. recorded conversation
captured by police with their bi-directional microphone between
Tommy and his girlfriend while parked in their car.
2. zippered bag
3. a bottle of chloroform
4. a roll of duct tape
5.a woman's blonde wig
6. a pair of sun glasses
7.a map of the Boston home with letters and numbers handwritten
on the floor plan and an arrow pointing to "Kirby's room".
Turner's room and Mr. Boston's room were also labeled.
8. a piece of paper which contained the name of Kirby's private
school and the time the school let out.
9. a rental receipt with Bruno's name on it indicated that he
had recently rented a vacation cabin in the city of Crestline,
a small mountain town in the Angeles Crest Forest for the rest
of the month.
10. From Turner's room the detective found several magazines with
headlines cut out and two video tapes of the movies "Ransom"
and "Kidnapped -- The True Story of the Lindberg Crime of
the Century."
11. On a desk was a Poloroid photo of Mary Turner with a blonde
wig on and wearing the dark glasses.
12.a note book was discovered with written entries such as "Is
a million too much to ask for?", "How long would it
take to get a million ?" "How much space would it take
in hundred dollar bills or thousand dollar bills?" and "What
countries do not have extradition treaties with the U.S.?"
(A handrwriting expert will testify that the entries were made
by Mary.)
13. Statement of the owner of the cabin that was contacted he
remembered the pair because one of them said they had a son who
would enjoy the nearby woods and lake. The owner thought this
was odd because it was in the middle of a school month. He did
not believe they had a child with them when they rented the cabin.
updated: 4/18/05
ProfJ