Is it just me?
What I see/hear is BOTH the prosecutors and the defence meandering ALL over the place.
WS members here on this forum have put together better timelines then any of these lawyers.
These prosecutors should have the scenario of what LIKELY went down and definitive evidence to back up their claims.
NOW. Not in a wrap it up closing statement. Right now And then repeated in their closing statement.
This is 2019. They should have a great powerpoint presentation. Putting all the evidence in a logical way.
Now.
Not as a last gasp at closing.
All of these tidbits from witnesses is only showing that Chase Merritt was a slime that you should not do business with.
Prosecutors need to put the puzzle together and present it.
Let the defence refute.
An entire family was brutally murdered over Chase Merritt's stealing and fear of the 3 strikes your out law in California at the time.
Why the hell are these prosecutors NOT bringing this up?
It's so damn obvious to me.
I think there is more than 1 poster here that HAS put together better timelines than what they are doing LOL
I don't know how many tidbits have been actually shown that show Chase is a slimeball. I think he is, you think he is, but has the prosecution
actually shown this? I don't think so.
Sequieda testified that he wasn't allowed in the building without anyone there... Carmen today said he came and went as he pleased and he had a key.
Geis construction people testified... but what came of that? I don't think they showed anything either. Chase was not the only person working on these fountains and he wasn't the one handling the finances at that time, Mike, Susan and Dan were.
Elva testified that Chase used some of the pumps that were meant for Joey's fountains. She said she told Joey, Joey continued to do business with Chase until he was killed. She said that one time when Chase couldn't make payroll, he told Joey a fountain was finished so he could get paid (to pay his employees), she then said that she talked to Joey and told him where the project was at and it wasn't completed, Joey
still paid Chase and continued to do business with him.
We may know more, but the jury doesn't, or shouldn't if it's not in the trial. I am afraid that what we know isn't going to come out. I'm worried they are not going to have the hate for him like some here have had for years believing he did this. If the prosecution can't get this info to the jury, I just don't know.
I am looking forward to the cell info and the financial info, THIS is the State's best evidence IMO.