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Medical examiners ruled that Marisol had been beaten and strangled.

Caceres is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 13.

-- Keith L. Alexander

Defense in Wone Case Seeks More Evidence

Defense attorneys representing the three District men charged with obstruction of justice in the 2006 stabbing death of a prominent lawyer told a D.C. Superior Court judge Friday that prosecutors have been slow in turning over evidence that they believe will help in their clients' defense.

Joseph Price, 38; Victor Zaborsky, 43; and Dylan M. Ward, 39, have pleaded not guilty to obstruction charges in the death of Robert Wone, 32, of Oakton. Authorities said Wone, a lawyer with Radio Free Asia, had been drugged, sexually assaulted and stabbed in the Dupont Circle house shared by the three defendants. No one has been charged in the slaying.

The men's attorneys told Judge Frederick H. Weisberg they have been unable to receive several items such as police and ambulance radio runs from the evening of Wone's slaying on Aug. 2, 2006.

The attorneys asked Weisberg to require prosecutors to provide information on the type of medical treatment Wone received in the ambulance and at the hospital. They also sought additional pieces of evidence for DNA testing that were found in the house and encouraged prosecutors to test Wone's remaining blood work to determine what type of drugs -- if any -- were used.

Assistant U.S. Attorney T. Patrick Martin said that there were about 270 pieces of evidence in the case and that his office was turning over each piece to defense counsel as quickly as possible.

Martin said he expects to have much of the requested evidence to the defense attorneys by the next hearing, Nov. 13. The trial is scheduled for May 2010.