Scruggs Nation, Day 43: the timeline

Yesterday in the Scruggs criminal case in Mississippi, the government filed its response to a December 28 defense motion to compel the government to provide certain evidence in discovery. That defense motion can be seen by clicking here, and we will get back to talking about it shortly.Here is a copy of the government's response. Now, taking these documents together, a couple things emerge.On November 27, the day the FBI raided the Scruggs Law Firm, Steve Patterson was placed into custody. The defense motion requests "[A]ny recording of the November 27, 2007 telephone conversation between Balducci and Patterson that occurred while Patterson was in custody, or any written record containing the substance of this conversation." So Balducci, presumably cooperating wi