the officer, john herzog, offered up information on an unsolicited basis after gray was critically injured and after the riot in baltimore. he wrote this note on may 1st. gray died april 19th. herzog s original conversation happened on march 31st. he said in the memo that his memory was jogged by all the press surrounding gray s death and the riots. another documents filed by defense attorneys asked for gray s detention records and they site an unconfirmed report that he had tried to harm himself during a previous arrest. the prosecution argued gray s medd medical records are not relevant. they have nothing to do with the injuries sustained in the back of the van last april. they say his neck was critically injured because of his treatment by police. the judge in this trial is expected to rule this week on whether to allow those records in the goodson trial who faces
on an unsolicited basis after gray was critically injured and after the riots in baltimore. herzog wrote this memo and sent net on may 1. gray died april 19th in herzog s original conversation with gray happened on march 31st. herzog said in the memo that his memory was jogged by all the press surrounding gray s death and the riots. and another document asked for gray s detention records because they cite an unconfirmed report that gray had tried to harm himself while in baltimore s central booking facility during a previous arrest. the prosecution argued gray s medical records, they re not relevant, having nothing to do with the injuries sustained in the back of the van last april. they said his back was critically injured because of the treatment by police. the judge in this trial is expected to rule this week on whether to allow those records in the goodson trial, who faces the most serious charges of second degree murder. his trial is expected to start
light in the freddie gray case. lawyers for one of the officers charged now trying to get a look at gray s medical records. gray died from a neck injured he suffered while riding in the back of a baltimore police van. one of the officers says that gray told him, another officer says, that gray told him he had a bad back weeks before his death. here is miguel marquez. reporter: victor, allison, defense lawyers for caesar goodson, the driver of the van in which freddie gray was critically injured, have filed documents asking for gray s medical and incarceration records. in one of these documents, a baltimore police officer said that gray said, a couple of weeks before he was critically injured in the back of that police van, that he had, quote, hurt my back or, quote, had a bad back. the defense arguing that there could be other causes for gray s traumatic injury he received in the back of the van. the timing of this document is worth noting.
a stunning revelation is sending shock waves through the freddie gray trial in baltimore. this comes as the second of six police officers charged in this complex case faces trial. details now from miguel marquez. reporter: brianna, defense lawyers for caesar goodson, the driver for the van in which freddie gray was injured has filed documents asking for gray s health records and incarceration records. a baltimore police officer said that gray said a couple of weeks before he was critically injured in the back of the police van he had quote hurt my back or had a bad back. there could be other causes for gray s traumatic injury he received in the back of the van. the timing of this document is worth noting though. the officer john herzog, the sergeant offered up information