"During the prosecution of 66-year-old Claudel Moore, key body camera footage of an eyewitness interview with an officer went missing, a judge found that Berkeley police violated the defendant's Miranda rights by baiting him into an implicit confession, and the defense accused police of a warrantless search, while also referencing a sergeant's documented history of sending racist texts to colleagues."
"There might not be two blue and white Cadillacs like that in the city of Oakland, Judge Scott Patton said at Moore's preliminary hearing last year. It's a very distinctive, beautiful car. Moore was accused of fatally shooting Fisher outside a Seventh Street apartment on March 4, 2022. Fisher initially survived being shot in the head but died at a hospital four days later. The Cadillac was more recognized by eyewitnesses than Moore's face, and police later located the vehicle under a tarp in Richmond."
"Fisher's brother testified at the preliminary hearing that he saw Fisher leaving the apartment with friends and heard a gunshot echo out from the street moments later. He rushed to the balcony and spotted two things: his brother on the sidewalk, suffering from a gunshot wound, and the Cadillac making its escape. I rushed downstairs to come to his aid and I looked to my left and I saw the car pull off and turn the corner, Fisher's brother test"
Claudel Moore received an eight-year prison sentence through a plea deal after being tied to the 2022 fatal shooting of 47-year-old Anthony Joshua Fisher. Key body camera footage of an eyewitness interview went missing during prosecution. A judge found that Berkeley police violated Moore's Miranda rights by baiting him into an implicit confession. The defense alleged a warrantless search and cited a sergeant's documented racist texts. Multiple eyewitnesses identified a distinctive blue-and-white Cadillac as the getaway vehicle; police later found the car under a tarp in Richmond. Moore and his girlfriend were arrested at a Pinole hotel the day Fisher died.
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