1/12/10

Tiller's wife opposes subpoena BY RON SYLVESTER The Wichita Eagle

Tiller's wife opposes subpoena


BY RON SYLVESTER

The Wichita Eagle


Lawyers for Jeanne Tiller, wife of a slain Wichita abortion provider George Tiller, filed a motion Monday afternoon to quash a subpoena for her late husband's business records sought by Scott Roeder, the man accused of killing him.

Attorney Lee Thompson said in his motion that Roeder's defense had requested "professional calendars, appointment books, records of scheduled procedures" from Tiller's Women's Health Services Clinic.

Roeder is charged with first-degree premeditated murder in Tiller's death. Tiller was shot to death May 31 inside his east Wichita church.

"The records sought contain personal, confidential and identifying information of women who sought constitutionally protected abortion services," Thompson wrote in his brief.

Thompson also says the information is irrelevant to Roeder's murder trial.

Thompson said Jeanne Tiller received the subpoena Thursday and served Roeder's public defenders with objections over the weekend.

Except for a personal datebook, Jeanne Tiller does not have records from the clinic, Thompson said. Those records are being held in a trust by his law firm, he said.

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