Judge denies motion for missing informant tape in Antioch 2004 homicide case

A MAN CONVICTED of a murder in Antioch from decades ago was denied in his efforts last week to get a long-missing recording that allegedly captured another inmate trying — and failing — to get him to confess.

Judge David Goldstein denied the discovery motion filed by defense attorney Barry Morris on the grounds that Deputy District Attorney Mary Knox made reasonable efforts to locate the decades-old recording to no avail and that she cannot be compelled to produce evidence she does not possess.