Police Misconduct

[PureEve44]

I have a pending criminal case which is from an illegal search by police officer. During a motion to surpress, my attorney and I found that the same officer had put my occupation down as "prostitute", and that I had several convictions for this as well. This is a flat out lie, and was done, I believe, in a malicious manner. Obviously, the convictions cannot be verified, they dont exist, my attorney checked into it, and I was never asked, nor gave them any indication of being a prostitute. I was working at a topless club at the time. The case is going to trial soon, and this would not look good to the jury. Could this be defamation? Thanks

[aaron]

Put your occupation down where? Why does your lawyer believe this allegation may be presented to a jury?

[PureEve44]

He put it down on the police report. The case is going to trial.

[aaron]

Police reports are not ordinarily admissible as evidence - the officer is able to testify to his own observations, and the rest is hearsay. If your lawyer is truly concerned about this, he should consider filing a "motion in limine" (pronounced "lim - in - nee") to keep the allegations from being made before the jury.