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SALT LAKE CITY — A judge sees no reason to force prosecutors to turn over evidence in former Utah Attorney General John Swallow's criminal case that they say they already have provided or will provide.
Defense attorney Scott Williams asked a 3rd District judge to compel the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office to give him the same information gathered in the parallel case against former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff.
Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills in a decision Tuesday said there's no indication prosecutors have not produced potentially exculpatory evidence in the Swallow case. Prosecutors, she said, haven't been reluctant to pursue or produce relevant information of which they are aware.
Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings, who is prosecuting Shurtleff, obtained evidence from federal investigations into the former attorneys general that might be relevant in the Shurtleff case. Williams seeks the same materials for the Swallow case.
Prosecutors say they have given Swallow's attorney everything they have.
Swallow and Shurtleff face public corruption charges connected to the attorney general's office. Both have pleaded not guilty.
