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Guilty! haha

I agree. I think it might be time for CM to hang up his briefs. He missed a golden opportunity to discredit her "100%" statement. He could have emphasized that Caylee was also one of the cases in her morgue, and since she couldn't rule out an accidental drowning, then it casts doubt on the...

There are many many many many "scientific" findings that have since been discarded, but not before being used to convict many people. For example, you may have heard of Cameron Todd Willingham (the Texas man recently put to death over the death of his children in a house fire). The methods used...

I totally agree. With DNA, you have some reasonable assurance that the DNA string being analyzed came from a single person, and was not "contaminated" by anyone else's DNA. Air has no boundaries and freely mixes with other air in the atmosphere. This case is especially troublesome since we...

I picked out another tell during the playing of the universal interview. When investigators are quizzing her about the phone call she received from Caylee, and why Caylee wasn't upset on the phone even though she hadn't talked to her mother in a month... Casey says something to the effect of...

I wouldn't go so far as to say they are purposely trying for IAC, but I just can't see how any competent criminal attorney would think this "theory" of the case would be a winning one. When they opened up saying that Casey knew all along that the baby was dead, knowing that the tapes and...

Yep, I think we see her mentally preparing herself to block out Casey's manipulations and tell the truth for Caylee. Yea!

I think I caught a telling moment on this video as well. When Cindy first starts testifying (when they were moving the monitor around) It looks like she briefly glanced over at the defense table and then tightly closed her eyes and swallowed as if to block out the image of her daughter. It's on...

Interesting... I would probably be one of the lawyers causing you to bang your head. What you describe as "laying a foundation" was taught to me as "proving chain of custody" or its equivalent depending on the evidence. Laying a "foundation" in my jurisdiction refers to a standard that must be...

Ok, I've watched this a dozen times now, and I have a theory about what's going on. When the guard came over to her, she was pointing under the table, but it didn't look like she was motioning towards the floor, it was higher. I bet there is a board or some protrusion under the table that is...

Yes, quite a bit! His daily jury adventure musings made a nice supplement to the standard curriculum. I would elaborate, but I'm pretty sure this will get deleted for being O/T. :)

What do you make of the glances between the attorneys at 10:10? Sympathy, or annoyance, or....?

One anecdote to your answer...my former trial advocacy prof (a practicing defense attorney) actually got on a jury during our semester. He used it as a learning experience as you don't often get to be a fly on the wall in the jury room and see things as they happen organically. He wanted to...

Wow, there's lots of good stuff in this video, mostly in the 10th minute. http://www.wftv.com/video/27859974/index.html Around 10:10, you can see CM catch the attention of the attorney next to him(not sure of her name) who then quickly glances at ICA, and then back to CM and nods her head...

Whether she is "ok" with her counsel, and whether they get along has no impact on whether she could win an post-conviction motion for ineffective assistance. Her counsel would have to do something (or not do something) so egregious that it prejudiced the outcome of her trial. She could skip...

ITA. But on top of that, she lied over and over again to various people about the child's whereabouts during that carefree, happy, 31 days. Maybe she can explain away lying to her mom, but why lie to so many random people like a tattoo shop guy, and a friend's mom she ran into at the store? They...

A very wise lawyer who taught me everything he knows about criminal law once told me about the various approaches and strategies for trying a case. He said if you think your client actually has a chance of being acquitted, then you focus on the major facts of the case and you sometimes let a lot...

This is correct, I just had to write a brief on this topic. Colorado has one of the most liberal grand jury disclosure policies. (defendants have a statutory right to disclosure) where Florida follows the more traditional, "secrecy" policy for grand juries.

And the "decision" of the jury doesn't really matter. JP can "override" their vote in the penalty phase and give life or death for his own reasons. FL is one of the very few states that allows this.

But, could you not do it because of reasonable doubt as to the crime, or did you develop an aversion to the dp such that you couldn't vote for dp even if you were sure the defendant was guilty of the crime (or because you thought one could never be "sure" of guilt)? If it was the former...