I've been catching up on some of the MANY motions filed by "Esteemed Defence Counsel" on behalf of his client MT. Marissa Alter of Channel 12 kindly posted a good number of some of the over 70 motions filed on her Facebook page for those interested.
I'm attaching one of the many motions that I'm filing in the "Esteemed Defence Counsel" "MOAN AND GROAN CATEGORY" as in this case he was complaining yet again of the State not cooperating with the discovery process etc. Given his performance in Court so far it seems like he just might have chased down every piece of available discovery in the case and simply left the boxes unopened in a closet in Hartford gathering dust, never to see the light of day....
Anyway.
The below motion itself imo isn't noteworthy other than the following statement from "Esteemed Defence Counsel" regarding KM. I thought it interesting given that its not clear if KM ever did cooperate (this motion is from 2020) with the State or whether he would testify against MT. But, I found it interesting that KM did in fact have at least one interview with LE for 3 hrs ("Esteemed Defence Counsel in his motion claims to have 'reviewed' the interview iirc).
As is his practice to 'leak documents and videos' in motions, "Esteemed Defence Counsel" didn't disappoint in this Motion where he leaked a photo of KM and a group of CSP officers in what was apparently a 3 hr meeting to discuss KM's situation. So far as I know this image leaked by "Esteemed Defence Counsel" in the motion (think it was simply attached as an exhibit) was not released by CSP or the State or discussed by either.
"Esteemed Defence Counsel" refers to KM in the Motion as "Cooperating co-defendant and jailhouse informant". Given the 'loose' grasp on the truth and excessive use of hyperbole in motions that imo we have seen from "Esteemed Defence Counsel" so far in the trial, I honestly don't know what to make of his reference to KM as a 'cooperating co-defendant and jailhouse informant"? Is HE or ISN'T HE? We don't know.
The motion states that KM told LE, "I want out"..... Understandable as he of all the 3 charged in the murder of JF has spent the most time in prison (MT I think has spent 4 days in jail on her Conspiracy to Commit Murder charge and has spent 4 years on social media claiming to be 'persecuted by the State of CT').
"Esteemed Defence Counsel" in this motion states that KM continued to deny involvement in the criminal conspiracy in this interview so I'm a bit confused about the entire scenario for this meeting or perhaps this was just one of many interviews to resolve so kind plea arrangement or some other accommodation for KM testimony in MT trial? IDK, this motion goes back to 2020 so perhaps this issue has been resolved and maybe KM will testify? IDK as so far as I know the State hasn't dropped the KM charges and the State hasn't altered the KM charges in the JF murder case.
I also wonder whether "Esteemed Defence Counsel" was simply on one of his usual 'fishing trips' for information on behalf of his client to see what deal might have been offered to KM (pure speculation on my part as no mention in this motion is made to any deal)?
It will be interesting to see whether KM does in fact testify. IDK what other discovery was provided to "Esteemed Defence Counsel" regarding KM other than the 3 hrs of interviews that he references in the below motion (whether he listened to the interviews remains unknown).
KM is a 'challenging' witness (reasons discussed endlessly in prior threads as well as on the KM standalone thread on WS) for the State imo and so I've never been sure whether he would ever be called to testify. Apparently KM's DV case with ex-wife has been resolved and I believe his divorce was finalised as well.
I'm curious whether folks here think KM would help or hurt the States case as I'm up in the air on it.
If I read anything further on this KM issue I will post back but reading "Esteemed Counsel Motions" is hard going. What is funny about reading them is that he complains as much in his motions as he does in Court as we have seen so many times! Guess he is just a cranky guy!
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