FL - FSU Law Professor Dan Markel Murdered by Hitmen *3 guilty* #16

[amicuscurie]

Did they play the “trust fund baby” call? Because that would help now.

 

[Gypsy Road]

From Tim - no one on the jury is taking notes and are looking at Charlie in disbelief.

 

[amicuscurie]

He’s defending himself where he doesn’t need to. The issue isn’t that there were so many calls about Dave. The issue is what was said, and the family dynamic. But he focuses on how they cops happened to be recording him at the time when there were a lot of Dave calls.

Why does this judge always sound amused by what he is saying?

 

[Ferpo]

Lunch break; trial resumes at 1:30 PM Eastern time

I believe I heard attorney Tim Jansen say yesterday that CA is not supposed to have attorney access during breaks, while he is on the stand.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Ugh, Rash thinks this could take the rest of this afternoon. Yuk yuk yuk.

Back @ 1:20 pm.

ETA: After thinking about it, this could be helpful for GC to fine tune her cross overnight....and one more sleepless night for CA!

 

[IQuestion]

"I NEEDED HER FOR MY SAFETY"????? This story is definately getting convoluted.... The very same woman who claims her mistake/big mouth talking about one million dollars got DM killed is now the "woman who is protecting CA's life and that of his family." And, at the bargain price of three thousand dollars per month!
It started out "sort-of- believable" but
I think this is where the jury begins jumping off the crazy train.

 

[vislaw]

So, after hearing all those emails from Donna and her text messages and tapped phone calls, this jury is supposed to believe that Charlie says, "I need you to write checks to my ex-girlfriend for 3K a month in batches" and when Donna asks him why she should do something obviously illegal he only says "Its a long story, Mom. Just do it." ... Yeah, Donna would be just like that I'm sure.

 

[nodamselindistress]

Can't wait to hear his excuse for not coming forward after the mensa 3 had been arrested.

 

[SteelCity91]

I am cringing along with everyone else at Charlie's testimony right now.. It all DOES NOT MAKE SENSE and he sounds ridiculous. If they "wanted the money" why not just kill/threaten/rob Charlie and his family. It makes ZERO sense to go kill a guy they didn't even know and that lived 8 hours away.

 

[amicuscurie]

Ugh, Rash thinks this could take the rest of this afternoon. Yuk yuk yuk.

Back @ 1:20 pm.

I’m here for it.

 

[amicuscurie]

Do we think he took off his gun when he scrubbed into surgery?

Did he have it when he was speeding on the Florida highways, without his license (or insurance? Can’t recall it’s so messy) telling the cop he works at a nearby hospital to get a warning and then bragging about the whole thing to his mom?

He did have it while speeding. There is a call on the wiretaps about it. When he got pulled over and told the cop, etc., same call. He bragged forget his mom about a gun in the car, IIRC.

 

[alexwood]

O.K. So Katie was so broke -- but if she was capable of working at Sofia (sp?) Dental Practice, why was she so broke. Why was she not gainfully employed.

 

[jennyjenny]

Every time he says “it’s not going to bring Dan back,” it sounds horrible. Soooo awful.

100% agree amicuscurie ... makes my stomach turn! Such a slap in the face to the Markel Family.

 

[alexwood]

I’m here for it.

Yeah, it's 11:27 AM here now. Headed out to procure some "refreshments" for the rest of the show.

 

[vislaw]

I can't imagine the jurors are not aghast at this testimony. A father of two little boys has been gunned down in his driveway -- shot in the head. The killers are free and dangerous. Charlie, at the very least, knows who knows who they are. Aside from the fact that it is his own brother-in-law, even if it was a stranger, how is it possible he doesn't lift a finger to help bring them to justice?. He doesn't call in an anonymous tip or confide in a lawyer. He doesn't even write down the facts of the extortion and place the document somewhere for safekeeping to document what's happening. We're supposed to believe he sat mute for 9 years -- even while two trials took place. Had Sigredo been acquitted he would have gone scott free even though Charlie knew he killed Dan in cold blood.

 

[SteelCity91]

Also what I observed...Charlie has an answer for everything. I don't think he once said "I'm not sure" "I don't remember" "I can't recall what was said" its all rehearsed...

 

[Gypsy Road]

I’m here for it.

The more he talks the more ridiculous he sounds. Let him bury himself. Georgia is probably loving this.

 

[amicuscurie]

So, after hearing all those emails from Donna and her text messages and tapped phone calls, this jury is supposed to believe that Charlie says, "I need you to write checks to my ex-girlfriend for 3K a month in batches" and when Donna asks him why she should do something obviously illegal he only says "Its a long story, Mom. Just do it." ... Yeah, Donna would be just like that I'm sure.

It’s not 3k a month. Donna is writing checks for 1k a month. Rash is counting on the jury being confused, but so far there’s only evidence that she got the payment up front and then 1k a month from Donna. He’s saying 3k a month, he keeps repeating it.

 

[cottonweaver]

Every time he says “it’s not going to bring Dan back,” it sounds horrible. Soooo awful.

cost -benefit

Jury must have noticed that

 

[cottonweaver]

Yeah, it's 11:27 AM here now. Headed out to procure some "refreshments" for the rest of the show.

I don't really drink but I might join you.
Slippery slope though - the cross tomorrow could become a dangerous drinking-game. Take a sip every time Georgia burns him?

ETA? Or we could try it with tea & coffee? Either way it doesn't feel unseemly to take joy from his downfall