NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A prosecutor says family members of an armed black man who was fatally shot from behind by a white Nashville police officer in July want a slew of records made public in the officer's first-degree murder case.
But Nashville officer Andrew Delke's attorney, David Raybin, responded Tuesday that 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick's family might not want to see what the defense has.
In Tuesday's hearing on whether the records should be sealed, Raybin said District Attorney General Glenn Funk's preference of publicly filed pretrial discovery documents would let the case be tried through news coverage. Raybin said the discovery filing breaks with a state Supreme Court ruling that Funk backed.
Funk said Nashville has exceptions when cases involve children victims or rape, but Delke's case doesn't warrant the same privacy protection.
A ruling is expected early next week.
