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The defense lawyer for former officer Justin Smith said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s inventory of Nichols’ car showed he had psilocybin, a substance found in mushrooms, when police stopped him Jan. 7 for an alleged reckless driving violation before he was beaten during a confrontation The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Memphis declined to comment. The Shelby County district attorney and lawyers for Nichols’ family, have not responded to questions about the accusations by Smith’s lawyer in Thursday’s court filing, which demanded federal prosecutors hand over Nichols’ cell phone records to the defense.
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