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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for officials of a rural Nevada irrigation district accused of defrauding the government lost a bid Wednesday to force U.S. prosecutors to turn over more documents and grand jury transcripts they claim would help prove their clients' innocence.
But U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid Jr. also said he may order more transcripts released in the future if the attorneys for the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District and three of its employees can show more specifically how the material is relevant to their defense.
A federal grand jury in Reno handed up an indictment in December accusing the district and the three men of falsifying records documenting the delivery of water to area farmers and ranchers from 200-05.
But U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid Jr. also said he may order more transcripts released in the future if the attorneys for the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District and three of its employees can show more specifically how the material is relevant to their defense.
A federal grand jury in Reno handed up an indictment in December accusing the district and the three men of falsifying records documenting the delivery of water to area farmers and ranchers from 200-05.
