Okay, I'm just about done listening to the testimony from today... argggh so hard to 'get' it all, but sure appreciate the photo's and small clips that we got from Rob McMillan's tweet.
I am not sure about this evidence... I had hope that maybe it was going to be a bit clearer, and honestly, in the end, it was just the same as what we've heard before and that it is not conclusive IMO It cannot be excluded.
I think that the State should have at least tried to recreate the exact same conditions to see the headlights, if nothing else. Liscio made it very clear when he was being shown the State 'recreation' video that we saw earlier in the trial (where they took Merritt's truck to Avocado Lane and took a video of it) was like comparing apples to oranges. I think McGee did it on purpose lol He made a point, but your report was comparing the video to a Faro Scan (which is also apples to oranges). The best comparison would have been the same conditions compared to the same conditions. I couldn't agree more. And I am curious to know if the defense did this?
The latch...
... McGee went into this in painstaking detail ... again and again, and he sure seems sure of himself... Liscio said the only thing he could match it up to is the latch for location... he said it would probably be best to get a physicist to look at that to determine where it would be reflecting from ... reflections, where it would have to be reflecting from, why the hydrant and other things weren't reflecting in the dark before/after the truck pulled out.... I was reminded of something and I had to go look it up... McGee is trained in Physics
he mentioned it in a hearing the same day they held the 402 hearing for Rudin. I am not sure why McGee went on and on about that... and about it being a taillight .... will be interesting to "hear" their witness.
The only other thing I was surprised about... they let him mention Dr. Rudin and he watched him testify. The jurors know they never saw a Dr. Rudin testify, so they must be wondering wth is that about? lol There was so much more, but I've been listening for hours now and I'm done with the truck and the dang latch... tail light... or whatever it was LOL Ok.. I'm not done, there is 13 minutes left, not expecting anything earth shattering though.
ETA: to be clear, he didn't watch all of Rudin's hearing, he only watched a bit, more commenting about the fact they let him say anything about Rudin at all.