Judge orders some text messages sealed in Detroit mayor's criminal case
A judge says he has decided not to make public a number of the text messages involved in the perjury and misconduct case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide.
District Court Judge Ronald Giles said his ruling Monday morning applied to texts that could be challenged by the defense as privileged material or would be ruled inadmissible.
Defense lawyers say the messages could threaten the defendants' ability to get a fair trial and were illegally obtained.
Some messages that have surfaced in media reports have been of a sexual nature.
Kilpatrick and one-time Chief of Staff Christine Beatty say they are innocent.
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