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Lawyers claim arrest in Gee family homicides illegal

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[July 20, 2011]  Lawyers representing a man charged in the 2009 killings of five members of a Logan County family claim evidence against him shouldn't be used because investigators violated his rights.

The lawyers for 32-year-old Christopher Harris of Armington claim that searches of his personal records were an overly broad "fishing expedition" that violated his rights.

They claim his arrest was illegal.

Harris and his 23-year-old brother, Jason Harris, are charged with murder in the September 2009 killings of Rick and Ruth Gee and their children Justina Constant, Dillen Constant and Austin Gee.

Gee family members were killed at their home in Beason.

The brothers' trial could be two years away because of the thousands of documents and other evidence involved.

[Associated Press]

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