2011.06.06 TRIAL Day Eleven (Morning Session)

[luv]

 

[MrsT]

Dr. Vass LOVES this stuff! I hope the jury is loving seeing him get so excited about it.

 

[whiteangora]

I not only love Dr Vass' vast knowledge but also his self restraint with not saying st*u to Baez.

 

[Mountain_Kat]

I understood the concept of LIBS.

Thanks, Doc.

 

[adb263]

wheeee he gets excited when he knows something

Maybe that is why we haven't seen the DT excited....just defeated!!:crazy:

 

[LiveLaughLuv]

That was Cheney Mason.

to be fair, Baez did point it out and said they (LE) were trained to address the jury...CMason said, I'm here. over here....unreal

 

[cityslick]

One of the spectators is sleeping in the back.

 

[barrysgirl]

Dr. Vass could teach the most boring of subjects and still have a 100% pass rate.
Love him!

You read my mind! I was sitting here thinking if he taught any class at all, I'd go take it.

 

[SleuthinginSeattle]

"I just like to say J.A.G." -Dr. Vass
I love him. Even with JB objections to him testifying "out of his expertise", he continues to explain and I bet the jury is hanging on every word. I officially have a crush.

 

[TiaM]

InSessuon talking heads say Baez really knows his forensics ... really? They give example of his cross examination of Karen Lowe last week. Ugh ...

I suppose they have to do everything possible to prop up their potential newest employee once this is over (rolling eyes) :loser:

IMO - no matter how many times you say you admire the Emporer's new clothes, it doesn't hide the fact that he is buck naked. :innocent:

 

[logicalgirl]

Dr Vass can run rings around Baez....I saw him do it during Frye hearings.

This year's understatement of the month...:great:

 

[ami]

As decomp progresses, inorganic compounds are liberated. Vass was looking for elevated inorganic compounds that are consistent with decomposition event. LIBS non-destructively examined KC's carpet to see if those levels (of inorganic compounds of decomposition) were increased.

 

[JSR]

This is the part that will put that final nail in her coffin. The fatty elements in the carpet.

 

[MissDiva]

Holy coughing in the court, Batman. Is it the weather in Orlando or is everyone sick?

 

[Aedrys]

Caylee, one of your heroes is on the stand. I know you're smiling down on him right now.

I could not love Dr. Vass more than I do at this moment. God bless him and thank him for being part of this trial for justice for Caylee!

 

[Nali87]

I understood the concept of LIBS.

Thanks, Doc.

I don't lol. :waitasec:

 

[mombomb]

Direct examination of Dr. Arpad Vass by JA continued.

He indicated on Exhibit 123 the chloroform peak. The numbers showed rough approximations of amount of material present. Top # was 16 million counts. This from ICA's car. He then showed another group of peaks which he identified as components of gasoline. There are overlapping compounds of gas and the odor of decomp. Gas cans were in car. Looking at second chart - chromatogram of a standard vehicle, from a junkyard in Knoxville - a car of similar year, make and model. He indicated where the chloroform was on this one.

(Dr. Vass is so cute and bubbly - hard to believe he works with decomp all day).

The chloroform in the standard car was no more than 5,000 at most, as compared to 16 million in the trunk.

In addition to the peak height, you have to look at the area under the peak. Software is used to obtain that area. For ICA's car, the area under was about 400 million. The area under the control sample from two different cars was 10,000. Chloroform is in environmental samples, but it is typically.... (objection by JB - overruled). Chloroform in environmental samples are typically trace amounts.

Carpet was also tested for presence of inorganic compounds - laser inducted breakdown spectography (LIBS) - a nondestructive technique so that the defense could veryify the results.

Objection by JB - overruled.

LIBS a laser based technique - a YAG laser creates green light. (Asked to slow down - he says he gets excited when he knows something - so cute).

Laser is directed onto the carpet. Elements are either in a ground or excited state. Laser sets up an excited state of the electrons. When the laser is turned off, the electrons fall down to a ground state. They then emit the energy they acquired.

Objection by JB - overruled.

The energy produced during excitation of electrons is released as a photon of light and picked up on a spectrometer. Every element produces a light signature. LIBS can be used to identify the elements present in a particular sample.

This technique was used on carpet sample. He was not present when this was done, but he utilized the results in his opinion.

Regarding results of the LIBS exam of the carpet - they were looking at elevated inorganic components consistent with decomp.

He was shown a graph of the results. JB objects to Exhibit - wants to voir dire witness as to methodology.

 

[LiveLaughLuv]

The chloroform finding is devastating. I believe chloroform used to be a commonly used anesthetic.

wait until the jury learns of ICA's computer searches for making choloroform..

 

[Oakley]

This might be age-discrimination because I'm from the facebook-generation (lol), but I'm kind of worried about the jurors above 60+, whom if I recall don't own/use a computer very often. I hope they're able to follow all this and not get irritated with all the technological and statistical, scientific talk.

Oh sweetie, not to worry. I am in that age group and I am following it very very well.

 

[Patience]

Baez is going to cross Vass.