CA - Joey, Summer, Gianni, Joseph Jr McStay Murders - Feb 4th 2010 #18

[UndiscoveredTruth]

Good morning everyone!! I'm an hour late, sorry, but just going to post these tweets of Cathy's. (There's so many of them and they're so informative, it would be wrong of me not to share!) lol

Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1h1 hour ago
#McStay - Court is set to resume any minute. The defense is expected to rest their case this week. Watch Live only on http://lawandcrime.com

Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1h1 hour ago
#McStay - Charles Merritt enters court on day 47 of testimony. Prosecutor Melissa Rodriguez and defense attorney Rajan Maline in animated conversation over defense exhibits.
Cathy Russon on Twitter

Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 1h1 hour ago
#McStay - Prosecutor Rodriguez about some of the exhibits the defense handed her this morning, "complete and utter hearsay and speculation".

 

[mrjitty]

Carmen Garcia was not shown the exhibit.

Exactly

 

[Tortoise]

Foundation was not laid, court sustained the state's objection to the exhibit during Sequeida's testimony.

 

[mrjitty]

Prosecutor Rodriguez about some of the exhibits the defense handed her this morning, "complete and utter hearsay and speculation".

Exactly

The witness cannot testify to this

Seriously this is a pure scummy play

 

[Tortoise]

I think the money was withdrawn from CMs own account.

Maybe he withdrew it from a casino ATM (I kid I kid). LOL

You're not wrong - one of the amounts $3600 was withdrawn at Commerce Casino.

 

[Mony Mony]

OMG, One of the cash withdrawals WAS at a casino that are trying to say was used to pay a Paul Michell invoice! It would be hilarious if it wasn't such a tragic case. IMO

 

[Tortoise]

I think judge has gone for a lie down. He just exited behind his screen.

 

[oceanblueeyes]

Exactly

The witness cannot testify to this

Seriously this is a pure scummy play

What an unethical underhanded thing to pull. Gah.

If he thought he could pull one over on ADA Melissa Rodriquez he needs to think again.

IMO

 

[Tortoise]

Dennis Shogren to the stand.

 

[Tortoise]

Just cut to the chase - how much have you been paid and are you in the documentary?

Family is fading away - off to cook dinner.

 

[MsRyber]

Returning to the apparent bleach stain on the carpet in the living room next to the flip flops.

When DuGal first went in on the 15th he noted newspapers spread out over the carpet and his impression was it had been laid down to protect the carpet from paint.

The idea that they would protect a carpet which was already substantially ruined with bleach is a discrepancy, IMO.

Nah, I can't get behind this, only because I've done the same thing. IMO, It's not because of the bleach, it's just depending on the paint (latex, etc), it will get in the fibers of the paint and glob/stick/harden, and you can't physically get it out, and then you have bits of gummy texture in the carpet. Just like play-doh, glitter-glue, epoxy, etc, it hardens, especially splatter, then you need a magnifying glass and tweezers to get it out, if it comes out at all. Truly annoying. Ditto for wood floors. My wood floors are a disaster from scuffs, marks, cracks, but I still put down paper when I paint because getting dried paint off sucks.

 

[la2cabo]

Just cut to the chase - how much have you been paid and are you in the documentary?

Family is fading away - off to cook dinner.

 

[Texas Red]

I think judge has gone for a lie down. He just exited behind his screen.

The way the judge struggles in order to complete just one sentence, hesitating half way through. I wouldn't be surprised if he keels over dies on the bench especially, considering the way this trial has gone so far.

 

[mrjitty]

I think judge has gone for a lie down. He just exited behind his screen.

Maybe Maline thought he was hustling in the pool hall or something?

This is so back road banditry - shameful moment in the trial.

 

[la2cabo]

$31,000.00 so far!!! Holy sheet!

Now the documentary question. Lol

 

[MsRyber]

It reads like a Quentin Tarantino script.
https://www.seattleweekly.com/news/sexpresso-operators-disappearance-a-mystery/

Without some blood and gratuitous violence, it's like he started to write it, then gave it to M. Night Shyamalan.

But the shady characters, it really has a McStay feel.

 

[la2cabo]

The way the judge struggles in order to complete just one sentence, hesitating half way through. I wouldn't be surprised if he keels over dies on the bench especially, considering the way this trial has gone so far.

Nah, that was supposedly Merritt who had only months left to live...many years ago.

 

[mrjitty]

You're not wrong - one of the amounts $3600 was withdrawn at Commerce Casino.

Stuff you can't make up

"forensic accounting"

 

[UndiscoveredTruth]

Cathy Russon‏ @cathyrusson 55s55 seconds ago
#McStay - Dennis Shogren, forensic accountant is on the stand for the defense. They are going over Joseph McStay's financial records as it pertains to Chase Merritt.

 

[dlk1949]

Was wondering if McCarger will be called again, does anyone know? Way, way back, he was at the McStay house to paint and could not be there on the 4th of Feb. IMO. If the McS family was wary of CM and McGyver knew that, would that be labeled "hearsay?" Thanks!