Found Deceased CA - Blaze Bernstein, 19, Lake Forest, 2 Jan 2018 #8 *Arrest*

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jash said:
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Mistrial Declared in Blaze Bernstein Case, Delaying Jury Selection - MyNewsLA.com

A mistrial was declared Thursday in the trial of the man charged with killing a former high school classmate in what prosecutors have alleged was a hate crime because the victim was gay when the defendant had an outburst during jury selection. Attorneys will return to court Tuesday to discuss...
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Jury selection and pretrial motions have been grinding on for weeks...but it appears jury selection could begin again next week, setting back testimony only about a couple of weeks.

Woodward had some sort of an outburst in court that prompted his attorney to motion for a mistrial, which was granted by Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger.
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This is unreal. I don’t know what has taken so long.
 
jash said:
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Mistrial Declared in Blaze Bernstein Case, Delaying Jury Selection - MyNewsLA.com

A mistrial was declared Thursday in the trial of the man charged with killing a former high school classmate in what prosecutors have alleged was a hate crime because the victim was gay when the defendant had an outburst during jury selection. Attorneys will return to court Tuesday to discuss...
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Jury selection and pretrial motions have been grinding on for weeks...but it appears jury selection could begin again next week, setting back testimony only about a couple of weeks.

Woodward had some sort of an outburst in court that prompted his attorney to motion for a mistrial, which was granted by Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger.
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NO!!!!!! Geez - talk about delays!! Thanks for the update!!
 
Trial expected to last several months?!? Get comfortable everyone!

www.ocregister.com

OC courtroom disruption by Samuel Woodward delays trial in killing of ex-classmate Blaze Bernstein

A ‘disruption in the proceedings’ in the midst of jury selection on Thursday was caused by Woodward, according to court records.
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The trial’s estimated length — several months — along with the international media attention surrounding the killing and expected testimony involving homophobia and racist material has complicated the jury-selection process.

On Tuesday, attorneys are expected to discuss whether to dismiss prospective jurors who are part of the larger jury pool for the trial but were not actually in the courtroom for the disruption. Starting jury selection from scratch would require a new pool of several hundred prospective jurors and further delay the trial’s start.
 
jash said:
Trial expected to last several months?!? Get comfortable everyone!

www.ocregister.com

OC courtroom disruption by Samuel Woodward delays trial in killing of ex-classmate Blaze Bernstein

A ‘disruption in the proceedings’ in the midst of jury selection on Thursday was caused by Woodward, according to court records.
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The trial’s estimated length — several months — along with the international media attention surrounding the killing and expected testimony involving homophobia and racist material has complicated the jury-selection process.

On Tuesday, attorneys are expected to discuss whether to dismiss prospective jurors who are part of the larger jury pool for the trial but were not actually in the courtroom for the disruption. Starting jury selection from scratch would require a new pool of several hundred prospective jurors and further delay the trial’s start.
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Several months?? It’s a pretty cut and dry case. Two individuals who were known to each other, albeit worlds apart in their respective lives.

I think one of the main things though that could be tricky is an alibi for SW. Hopefully there will be some digital proof of his whereabouts.

They have had a massive amount time to create their defense and I’m sure we will hear alot of bs.
 
Luna20 said:
Several months?? It’s a pretty cut and dry case. Two individuals who were known to each other, albeit worlds apart in their respective lives.

I think one of the main things though that could be tricky is an alibi for SW. Hopefully there will be some digital proof of his whereabouts.

They have had a massive amount time to create their defense and I’m sure we will hear alot of bs.
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Will be interesting to see how the defense tries to explain this away.

...a knife found in a drawer in Woodward’s bedroom had blood on the tip and handle that investigators matched through DNA to Bernstein. Investigators also described finding blood stains in Woodward’s vehicle that they matched to both Woodward and Bernstein.

www.ocregister.com/2024/03/01/oc-courtroom-disruption-by-samuel-woodward-delays-trial-for-killing-of-ex-classmate-blaze-bernstein/
 
jash said:
Will be interesting to see how the defense tries to explain this away.

...a knife found in a drawer in Woodward’s bedroom had blood on the tip and handle that investigators matched through DNA to Bernstein. Investigators also described finding blood stains in Woodward’s vehicle that they matched to both Woodward and Bernstein.

www.ocregister.com/2024/03/01/oc-courtroom-disruption-by-samuel-woodward-delays-trial-for-killing-of-ex-classmate-blaze-bernstein/
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Yes! And wow I just realized with the current tense climate of differing nationalities it will probably draw more attention to the case.

Blaze was Jewish through and through. His family is very involved in their Orthodox community in a number of ways. SW was part of that hateful gang that I believe is antisemitic and homophobic. I can’t remember the name at the moment but it’s dark.

Yikes, I hope that it makes it a disadvantage for SW.
 
Tuesday, March 5th:
*Jury Selection begins (again) (Day 1) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 25) arrested & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial was set to begin on 7/15/22 with jury selection was vacated for competency evaluation. Found competent (10/21/22) to stand trial.
Trial began on 2/7/24 with jury selection & ended on 2/8/24.
Jury selection began on 2/21/24 declared a mistrial. (Due to outburst from Woodward).
Jury Selection will begin again on 3/5/24.
Trial will begin when jury is selection-no date predicted.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/21/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-4 (2/21-2/27/24) reference post #196 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-10
2/27/24 Update: Attorneys will return to court Tuesday to discuss how to move forward with jury selection.
2/29/24 Update: Woodward had some sort of an outburst in court that prompted his attorney to motion for a mistrial, which was granted by Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninger. Jury selection & pretrial motions have been grinding on for weeks, but it appears jury selection could begin again next week, setting back testimony only about a couple of weeks. Trial continues with re start of jury selection on 3/5/24 @ 9am. On Tuesday, attorneys are expected to discuss whether to dismiss prospective jurors who are part of the larger jury pool for the trial but were not actually in the courtroom for the disruption. Starting jury selection from scratch would require a new pool of several hundred prospective jurors 7 further delay the trial’s start.
 
www.ocregister.com

Courtroom outburst means jury selection must start over in trial of man accused of murdering Blaze Bernstein

Hundreds of prospective jurors will fill a new pool after the previous ones were all dismissed following a courtroom disturbance by defendant Samuel Woodward.
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Jury selection is starting over in the high-profile murder trial of Samuel Woodward...after Woodward’s courtroom outburst last week led to the dismissal of the previous jury pool.

Woodward will not be shackled in court despite the disturbance in front of the previous prospective jurors [the Judge] ruled on Tuesday. But dismissing all the previous prospective jurors and starting with a fresh jury pool is expected to delay the closely watched trial by at least two weeks, if not longer.
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The new round of jury selection will begin with 100 prospective jurors to be brought in on Wednesday morning followed by another 100 in the afternoon. The jurors will be given a questionnaire to fill out asking about their backgrounds and hot-button issues expected to come up during the trial. The prospective jurors will then be required to return to the Santa Ana courtroom days later for questioning by the attorneys and the judge.
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Woodward has Asperger syndrome...as well as issues with his own sexual identity, according to a defense attorney who once represented Woodward but who is no longer tied to the case.
 
jash said:
www.ocregister.com

Courtroom outburst means jury selection must start over in trial of man accused of murdering Blaze Bernstein

Hundreds of prospective jurors will fill a new pool after the previous ones were all dismissed following a courtroom disturbance by defendant Samuel Woodward.
www.ocregister.com www.ocregister.com

Jury selection is starting over in the high-profile murder trial of Samuel Woodward...after Woodward’s courtroom outburst last week led to the dismissal of the previous jury pool.

Woodward will not be shackled in court despite the disturbance in front of the previous prospective jurors [the Judge] ruled on Tuesday. But dismissing all the previous prospective jurors and starting with a fresh jury pool is expected to delay the closely watched trial by at least two weeks, if not longer.
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The new round of jury selection will begin with 100 prospective jurors to be brought in on Wednesday morning followed by another 100 in the afternoon. The jurors will be given a questionnaire to fill out asking about their backgrounds and hot-button issues expected to come up during the trial. The prospective jurors will then be required to return to the Santa Ana courtroom days later for questioning by the attorneys and the judge.
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Woodward has Asperger syndrome...as well as issues with his own sexual identity, according to a defense attorney who once represented Woodward but who is no longer tied to the case.
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All because of his outburst. I’m sure he is glad that his actions changed things.

In my opinion he should be in shackles, all the more reason to be. I’m surprised that he’s not going to be restrained. His lifestyle and background of violent gangs warrants it.
 
Luna20 said:
All because of his outburst. I’m sure he is glad that his actions changed things.

In my opinion he should be in shackles, all the more reason to be. I’m surprised that he’s not going to be restrained. His lifestyle and background of violent gangs warrants it.
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Do we know what his outburst was?
 
Wednesday, March 6th:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 2) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 25) arrested & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial was set to begin on 7/15/22 with jury selection was vacated for competency evaluation. Found competent (10/21/22) to stand trial.
Trial began on 2/7/24 with jury selection & ended on 2/8/24.
Jury selection began on 2/21/24 declared a mistrial. (Due to outburst from Woodward).
Jury Selection began again on 3/5/24.
Trial will begin when jury is selection-no date predicted.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/21/24 & Jury Selection Days 1-4 (2/21-2/27/24) & thru 2/29/24 reference post #208 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-11
3/5/24 Tuesday, Jury Selection Day 1: Jury selection begins again. Woodward will not be shackled in court despite the disturbance in front of the previous prospective jurors [the Judge] ruled on Tuesday. But dismissing all the previous prospective jurors 7 starting with a fresh jury pool. The new round of jury selection will begin with 100 prospective jurors to be brought in on Wednesday morning followed by another 100 in the afternoon. The jurors will be given a questionnaire to fill out asking about their backgrounds & hot-button issues expected to come up during the trial. The prospective jurors will then be required to return to the Santa Ana courtroom days later for questioning by the attorneys & the judge. Jury selection continues on Wednesday, 3/6/24.
For more info see post #210 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-11

 
If he's not restrained he could continue creating a disturbance and cause another mistrial during jury selection. I wonder if he'll also ask to act as his own attorney and make a circus out of the trial.
 
Marysmith said:
Do we know what his outburst was?
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No, and it sounds like we won't find out.

www.ocregister.com/2024/03/05/courtroom-outburst-means-jury-selection-must-start-over-in-trial-of-man-accused-of-murdering-blaze-bernstein/

The judge...did not go into detail about the disruption Woodward caused, and those who were in the court at the time — including the previous potential jurors — were asked...not to discuss it with anyone else...

Woodward, who entered the courtroom with his long hair covering his face, appeared calm during Tuesday’s court proceedings. His defense attorney told the judge that Woodward hasn’t been feeling well.

“You had an outburst that was unexpected to say the least,”...the judge noted that it was the first time Woodward had been disruptive during more than five years of hearings. On the advice of her courtroom deputies, the judge said she didn’t think it was necessary to start shackling Woodward during court hearings.

But the judge warned Woodward that if any additional disruptions occurred, additional security measures could become necessary.
 
jash said:
No, and it sounds like we won't find out.

www.ocregister.com/2024/03/05/courtroom-outburst-means-jury-selection-must-start-over-in-trial-of-man-accused-of-murdering-blaze-bernstein/

The judge...did not go into detail about the disruption Woodward caused, and those who were in the court at the time — including the previous potential jurors — were asked...not to discuss it with anyone else...

Woodward, who entered the courtroom with his long hair covering his face, appeared calm during Tuesday’s court proceedings. His defense attorney told the judge that Woodward hasn’t been feeling well.

“You had an outburst that was unexpected to say the least,”...the judge noted that it was the first time Woodward had been disruptive during more than five years of hearings. On the advice of her courtroom deputies, the judge said she didn’t think it was necessary to start shackling Woodward during court hearings.

But the judge warned Woodward that if any additional disruptions occurred, additional security measures could become necessary.
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Thank you!
 
Thursday, March 7th:
*Jury Selection continues (Day 2) (@ 9am PT) – CA – Blaze Bernstein (19) (Jan. 2, 2018, Lake Forest; found Jan. 9, 2018; he was stabbed 19 times in his neck; 14 times on the left, 5 on the right & 1 stab wound in his left knee) – *Samuel Lincoln Woodward (20/now 25) arrested & charged (1/17/18) & arraigned (11/9/18) with 1 count of felony murder with a hate crime enhancement for killing someone because of their sexual orientation & sentencing enhancement-personal use of a knife. Plead not guilty (again on 11/9/18). $5M bail, bail revoked (11/9/18). In custody of the Theo Lacy jail.
Trial was set to begin on 7/15/22 with jury selection was vacated for competency evaluation. Found competent (10/21/22) to stand trial.
Trial began on 2/7/24 with jury selection & ended on 2/8/24. Jury selection began on 2/21/24 declared a mistrial. (Due to outburst from Woodward).
Jury Selection began again on 3/6/24.
Trial will begin when jury is selection-no date predicted.
Court hearings from 2/2/18 thru 2/29/24 reference post #213 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-11
3/5/24 Tuesday, Jury Selection Day 1: The new round of jury selection began with 100 prospective jurors brought in on Wednesday morning followed by another 100 in the afternoon. The jurors were given a questionnaire to fill out asking about their backgrounds & hot-button issues expected to come up during the trial. The prospective jurors will then be required to return to the Santa Ana courtroom days later for questioning by the attorneys & the judge.
For more info see post #215 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...ake-forest-2-jan-2018-8-arrest.618349/page-11
Jury Selection continues on Thursday, 3/7/24.
 
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