USA v. Reid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
United States of America
v. Criminal No. 05-cr-057-01-JD
Gordon Reid
SEALED ORDER
The defendant has filed another eleventh hour request
seeking to retain the services of a pharmacologist/psychiatrist
(Dr. Alec Bodkin) (document no. 83). The defendant claims that
witness Ms. Poirier slipped an unknown substance into an
alcoholic beverage that the defendant was drinking and that his
behavior became erratic and abnormal afterwards. Dr. Bodkin, for
a fee of between $3,000 and $5,000 is supposed to determine
whether the defendant’s abnormal behavior would have been
consistent with his having ingested any of the narcotic
substances which were supposedly accessible to Ms. Poirier at the
time, including but not limited to Paxil and Vicodin. The
defendant does not include any information concerning who Dr.
Bodkin is or what his qualifications may be to render such an
opinion. Therefore, given the late timing of this request, the
lack of any information concerning Dr. Bodkin’s qualifications,
and the rather open-ended nature of the proposed evaluation, the
court denies the request. The court again notes that the
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defendant has been well aware of Ms. Poirier’s background and his
defense for many months and has waited until the last minute to
make requests of this nature in what is apparently an effort to
further delay the trial.
However, assuming that Dr. Bodkin is qualified, and assuming
there is some evidentiary basis that can be developed at trial,
the defendant may subpoena Dr. Bodkin to testify, provided his
testimony is deemed to be relevant and material. The court will
approve reasonable expenses in connection with any such trial
testimony but not the $3,000 to $5,000 requested by the
defendant.
SO ORDERED.
Joseph A. DiClerico, Jr.
United States District Judge
January 27, 2006
cc: Gordon Reid, pro se
Michael J. Iacopino, Esquire
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