Former Tivoli Gardens 'Don,' Dudus Coke Loses Bid to Suppress Wiretap Evidence
By Alicia Cruz Yahoo News-Associated Content Christopher 'Dudus' Coke A legal battle to toss out damaging wiretap evidence in the trial of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke , has ended with a 14-page ruling by New York Judge Robert Patterson against the once notorious Jamaican drug overlord saying prosecutors can use the wiretaps during Coke's tentatively scheduled September 12 trial. Steve Rosen, one of Coke's attorneys, filed a motion in June arguing that the Jamaican police violated the Jamaican Constitution as well as criminal sanctions of the Jamaican intercept law by "acting in concert" with U.S. officials to capture and record Coke without notifying the Jamaican Supreme Court. Rosen added that the taps were illegally acquired by U.S. officials. and would violate Coke's Fifth Amendment Rights . Patterson disagreed. Coke being extradited under heavy armed guard The prosecution countered that the evidence obtained was done so legally and by way o...