Defense Wins Discovery Motion in Rose Hill Murder Trial

A defendant accused of murdering a Rose Hill teen won a victory in February, when a judge approved a motion allowing the defendant's legal team to inspect information related to the case.

The defendant, 15, is accused of murder Rose Hill teen Wyatt Campbell. Campbell, an 18-year-old Rose Hill resident, on Oct. 14 from stab wounds on his upper torso. It is Patch policy not to name minors accused of crimes.

On February 25, a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge upheld a discovery motion, granting the defense team access to the following information:

• written or recorded statements or confessions made by the defendant, 
• forensics reports, including autopsies, fingerprints, and handwriting analyses
• any other documents intended to be introduced by the prosecution during the trial, as well as the criminal records of anyone the prosecution plans to call as a witness

On February 18, the defense team received the following information from the Commonwealth of Virginia prosecution team, according to court records:

• CD-ROM recording of an interview with the defendant
• CD-ROM recording of an interview with the defendant's brother
• 2 CD-ROM recordings of interviews with Randy Taylor, a friend of Campbell's
• 2 DVD recordings of footage from the Rose Hill 7-11, one with slowed speed
• Campbell's autopsy report, from Nov. 18, 2010
• An investigation report, from Nov. 27, 2010
• NOVARIS (Northern Virginia Regional Identification System) reports from Jan. 18, 2011, including fingerprint cards for the defendant, his brother, and Wyatt Campbell; latent evidence envelopes
• Reports from crime scene detectives
• Inova Springfield Healthplex for the defendant
• Property and evidence voucher, listing evidence seized by police during the investigation

The defendant's trial is scheduled for April 11.

The defense also received summaries of witness statements, which will be published this afternoon on Kingstowne Patch.