thursday, march 18,2004
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the university daily kansan 3B
Child pornography charges against R. Kelly dropped
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — R. Kelly escaped child pornography charges in Florida when prosecutors announced yesterday that they were dropping all 12 counts against the top-selling R&B singer.
The decision followed a judge's ruling last week that detectives illegally seized photographs allegedly showing the singer having sex with an underage girl, meaning they could not be used against him.
Prosecutors decided not to appeal the ruling by Circuit Judge Dennis Maloney, choosing instead to abandon the charges.
The 37-year-old Kelly still faces 14 child pornography charges in Chicago and has pleaded not
"My faith in the system of justice has never wavered, and with this victory behind me, I look forward to clearing my name in Illinois," Kelly said in a statement. "As I've said before, I am confident that when all the facts come out, people will see that I'm no criminal."
guilty. Those charges were not affected by the ending of the case in Polk County, which is just east of Tampa.
After a hearing last Thursday, Maloney agreed with the singer's attorneys that Polk County sheriff's detectives did not have enough evidence to legally justify a search of Kelly's Davenport home when the deputies asked a judge for a warrant in June 2002.
Deputies had earlier found marijuana in a home Kelly rented for three business associates. They then sought a warrant to search the house where Kelly was staying nearby to look for drugs.
During an initial search for drugs, detective Robert Mateo said he observed video cameras and an "unusual" amount of adult pornography in a cabinet in a room marked "Private." The detective then sought a second search warrant to look for child pornography.
The photographs were on a digital camera that was wrapped in a towel inside a duffel bag.
Kelly's attorneys said the affidavit Mateo submitted in seeking the warrant wasn't adequate because it was based on unspecified information from Chicago authorities and no link was established between the discovery of marijuana and the presence of cameras and child pornography.
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