Officers Arrest Attorney For Defending His Client - Summary

Summary

The video is an episode of "Audit The Audit" where the host discusses a case involving attorneys Victor Revell and Megan Garcia and their client, Lloyd Edwards. Edwards was involved in a court case related to a protection from abuse order initiated by his wife, Jasmine. The episode covers court cases, search warrants, and obstruction.

The host invites viewers to check out the new Audit The Audit merchandise shelf and encourages them to support the channel by subscribing and leaving a comment on the video. The host will be giving away three Audit The Audit shirts to randomly selected viewers who subscribe to the channel.

The episode dives into the interaction on February 23rd, 2017, where attorneys Revell and Garcia were leaving the courthouse with their client, Lloyd Edwards, after appearing in court in reference to a protection from abuse order initiated by Mr. Edwards. Mr. Edwards gave two of his three cell phones to Mr. Revell.

They were confronted by deputy Ashworth and deputy Ratliff of the Blount County Sheriff's Office in Blount County, Alabama, who were attempting to serve a search warrant of Mr. Edwards and his vehicle. The search warrant was targeting his three cell phones, as Mrs. Edwards testified that the phones contained proof of her claims of abuse.

Mr. Revell stated that there was no evidence of abuse on the phones and that the phones contained evidence supporting Mr. Edwards' innocence. Mr. Revell claims that Mrs. Edwards had exchanged explicit messages with Mr. Edwards which indicated that her interactions with him were consensual and that he intended to submit the

Facts

1. The episode covers court cases, search warrants, and obstruction.
2. The episode is brought to us by the ALT Comms channel.
3. The host of the episode invites viewers to check out the new Audit the Audit merchandise shelf.
4. The host is giving away three Audit the Audit shirts to randomly selected viewers who subscribe to the channel and leave a comment on the video.
5. The raffle will end one week from the video being posted.
6. The episode dives into the interaction on February 23rd, 2017.
7. Attorneys Victor Revell and Megan Garcia were leaving the courthouse with their client Lloyd Edwards after appearing in court in reference to a protection from abuse order initiated by Mr. Edwards's wife, Jasmine.
8. Mr. Edwards gave two of his three cell phones to Mr. Revell as Mr. Revell and Mr. Edwards exited the courthouse.
9. They were confronted by deputy Ashworth and deputy Ratliff of the Blount County Sheriff's Office in Blount County, Alabama, who were attempting to serve a search warrant of Mr. Edwards and his vehicle.
10. Mr. Edwards was appearing in court about a protection order issued by his wife, Mrs. Edwards.
11. Mrs. Edwards alleged that Mr. Edwards had abused her and their daughter and testified that Mr. Edwards's cell phones contained proof of her claims.
12. Mr. Revell stated that there was no evidence of abuse on the phones and that the phones actually contained evidence that supported Mr. Edwards's innocence.
13. Mr. Revell claims that Mrs. Edwards had exchanged explicit messages with Mr. Edwards which indicated that her interactions with him were consensual and that he intended to submit the phones as evidence for the defense.
14. Mr. Edwards later stated that Mr. Revell told him that there may come a day when the prosecution wants your phone and one of the attorneys asked him for the two phones just before exiting the courtroom.
15. The phones were then placed into Mrs. Garcia's briefcase prior to exiting the building.
16. The warrants were to search the house for this person and vehicle.
17. The language of the search warrant dictates that the search may be performed on Mr. Edwards's immediate person and vehicle only.
18. Mr. Revell is refusing to comply with the search and deputy Ashworth calls the district attorney's office for advice on how to proceed.
19. Mr. Revell and Mrs. Garcia were arrested and charged under code 13 a - 10 - to the prosecution initially offered to drop the charges if Mr. Revell agreed to write a letter apologizing and admitting that the deputies did nothing wrong but Mr. Revell rejected their offer and decided to proceed with a trial.
20. Mr. Revell and Mrs. Garcia's defense argued that the state failed to establish the defendants' intent and that no crime was committed because the search warrant did not authorize the search of Mr. Edwards's attorneys.
21. The prosecution argued that they were entitled to the phones under the exigent circumstances doctrine which is a legal precedent that allows for warrantless searches and circumstances where evidence has a high likelihood of being destroyed such as cell phone data.
22. Mr. Edwards who was still under investigation at the time testified for the prosecution but stated that District Attorney Casey tried to prep him in his testimony even though she had reportedly recused herself from the case.
23. Mr. Edwards became a key witness for Mr. Revell's defense.
24. Ultimately, Judge King acquitted Mr. Revell and Mrs. Garcia of all charges and stated that the deputies were wrong about the authority of the search warrant and that the defendants never physically prevented the deputies from carrying out their duties.
25. Mr. Revell and Mrs. Garcia were forced to recuse themselves from Mr. Edwards's case after filing two separate federal lawsuits against deputy Ratliff and deputy Ashworth as well as district attorney Casey and the assistant district attorney Scott Gilliland.
26. Mr. Edwards has yet to go to trial and his case has been reset by a different grand jury several times over the past two years.
27. It is highly irregular for a district attorney to delay ind