Prosecution Not Able to See Medical Files, Defense Says

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 11, 2020
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During a mental observation hearing on March 11, a defense attorney said that the prosecution is unable to see the private medical files of his client. 

Alisa Randall, 31, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing 59-year-old Ronald Jones in an apartment on the 1300 block of Euclid Street, NW on July 15, 2019. Randall said Jones attacked her. She also said Jones sexually assaulted her daughter.

Randall’s defense attorney, John Fowler, told the court that under DC law it is unlawful for the prosecutors to keep email files of Randall’s private medical information. “The prosecution is not entitled to it and are not able to see it,” Fowler said.

The prosecutor said that even though he still does have the emailed file, he was not intending to open it or to violate Randall’s rights by viewing the information. 

“We emailed it to the court as soon as we saw it and have not opened it since,” he said. 

DC Superior Court Judge Neal E. Kravitz told the prosecution to delete the medical records from their email inbox. “The prosecution is not trying to unnecessarily consume,” he said.

Another mental observation hearing is scheduled to occur on March 23.

This article was written by Jailynn Caraballo and MiriYam Judd.