Henrico Judge and Commonwealth's Attorneys Tampered with Evidence and Conspired to have Secret Hearings in Criminal Cases.
A civil case filed against Judge Lee A. Harris jr, CA Shannon Taylor and Deputy CA Michael Feinmel presented evidence of the accused having ex parte secret communications and hearings to have court orders issued without the defendant's knowledge or having an opportunity to present his positions to Henrico Circuit Court Judge Harris .
Three civil breach of ethics cases were filed recently in Louisa County Circuit Court. The Plaintiff, Nicholas Spanos, presented evidence that the Henrico Circuit Court Clerks were allowing the Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney office, represented by Michael Feinmel, tamper with the defendant's Motions filed with the court and with the official Henrico County Circuit Court records
In numerous instances, the Henrico CA's Office took it upon themselves to file the defendant's Motions, take them to Judge Lee Harris and have the Judge issue orders without the defendant having an opportunity to be heard and without any hearing dates. These acts took place in star chamber proceedings without the Plaintiff's knowledge.
The Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney also was removing evidence from Mr. Spanos' Motions and had even removed a Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice from the Clerk's Office official files only to and refile it two years later after Judge Lee Harris had issued an order dismissing the Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice.
Judge Harris held a hearing on July 16, 2020, and issued an order dismissing the Motion that had been removed from the Henrico Circuit Court files before Judge Harris ever saw the Motion.
In a letter by a Henrico Circuit Court Clerk stated:
"we received it again from the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office on July 22, 2020 without the exhibit list, just as we received the original motion in September 2018. However, as this is not an exact copy of the Motion we received in September of 2018 it is to be filed again."
It is unethical and violated the Code of Virginia when a prosecutor represents the accused by tampering with a court filing and filing a motion on behalf of the defendant.
An unnamed source at the Henrico Circuit Clerk's office stated that the Henrico Commonwealth consistently removes case files from the clerk's office, which files are not supposed to be removed from the clerks office.
The civil case filings gave evidence of a conspiracy between Judge Lee Harris, CA Shannon Taylor, and Deputy CA Michael Feinmel, that hid exculpatory evidence in other cases in which defendants were convicted and sentenced to prison.
Allegations of financial and political gain received by Henrico CA Shannon Taylor and Deputy CA Michael Feinmel in order to not extradite a international fugitive who is accused of distributing more that 600 kilos of cocaine in the Richmond area for over 10 years.
The tampering with evidence by the Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney could impact hundreds of cases where defendants were convicted, and evidence had been removed without their knowledge or permission.
