I object to this forum, on the grounds that I have no knowledge of what is going to be posted next.
This is going on records, and this will be the basis for their appeal. As much as I love HHJP, he has to know that the way he went about this left the door wide open for an appeal.
Sound came on just as I heard the comment about abusing their powers....Is she accusing HHJP of this?
They're arguing that normally they would get to a higher number of PJ's and then be able to exercise backstrikes. However, HHJP was only letting them get to 12, so, if they wanted to hear from more PJ's, they would be forced to use a backstrike. In other words, as the SA & JB mentioned yesterday, the judge was making them burn backstrikes in order to seat the jury quicker.
I'm still confused as to why HHJP doesn't want to take his time with this, in order to avoid this type of challenge later on.
Sounds to me like he is following precedent and knows what he is doing.
This is going on records, and this will be the basis for their appeal. As much as I love HHJP, he has to know that the way he went about this left the door wide open for an appeal.