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A shocking twist in the high-stakes trial of Robron Lewis, facing capital murder charges for a 2021 McDonald’s drug deal gone deadly, has forced a pause: prosecutors just unearthed a cellphone found in the victim’s car five years ago — and no one knows who it belongs to or what’s on it. Legal experts call this move unprecedented, especially in a case where every detail is scrutinized. The fact that prosecutors themselves flagged the unexamined phone signals a commitment to fairness — if evidence could exonerate Lewis and was overlooked, a conviction could be overturned. The judge, with over 40 years on the bench, called it rare and ordered forensic experts to decrypt the device, though modern phones — especially if messages were deleted — could take weeks to crack. With the trial’s restart now dependent on this mysterious phone, the prosecution can’t proceed as planned, and all eyes are on what secrets it might hold.

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