Calling it an extraordinary breach of the public trust, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarity has dismissed a rape case over the conduct of one of her prosecutors.
Moriarity says veteran prosecutor Catherine McEnroe admitted to lying to the court over the contents of a note that was passed during the trial of 35-year old Marco Enamarado, who was accused of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in the alleged rape of a 14-year old girl in 2019.
Moriarity says the note was not a violation and was not inappropriate in any way, but McEnroe lied to the judge about the content. The case has been dismissed and Enamarado was released from custody over the weekend.
McEnroe has been with Hennepin County since 2013 and did not comment. Moriarty has said that McEnroe is removed from cases pending an ongoing personnel investigation.
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