For what the courthouse cost us Duval County taxpayers, I'm glad at least folks think ithe courtrooms are pretty. Original budget $190K in 2000, final budget/cost around $250K and it wasn't even ADA compliant when it finally opened in 2012.What a beautiful courtroom. One of the nicest I have seen.
Nope. No redirect. I'm disappointed too.
Thanks, gxm. Imo, that was a dereliction of duty on the part of the prosecution team. jmo, and all that. Sometimes you have to sink down to Strolla level nonsense, sympathetic witness or not, to convict the killer. What a shame.
IIRC, I think I'd read shortly after Dunn's arrest that he and his son had been estranged and had reconciled recently before the wedding, but I'll have to dig up the old links.The other thing that spoke volumes to me is that they would leave Dunn's son's wedding early to take care of the dog. Who does that? It was not simply a friend's wedding, it was his Son's wedding. That also spoke to me about the relationship he must have had with his kids.
Thanks for all the updates, peeps! How long did Sprolla spend on questioning the GF?
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IMHO, I don't think the girlfriend is afraid of MD, I think she's afraid of being charged as an accessory after the fact.
JMO
Nope. No redirect. I'm disappointed too.
Sure missing Juan Martinez. I know people always say that, but he's just the best. Sometimes I feel like these prosecutors are rushing.
Did they put it off til Monday?
JM will always be the best IMO.
I believe they must have. She seemed too upset to continue. jmo
As transfixed as I was with the GFs testimony, I realized today that I don't recall either side asking her about the fictitious weapon that only Dunn claims to have seen. Is that true? Is this a hot button with this witness that everyone is avoiding?
Witness after witness has testified that they never saw the teens with a weapon or anything in their hands (although IIRC Tevin Thompson says Jordan was holding his cell phone). I guess the big question is gonna be: will the GF lie and say Dunn told her the teens had a weapon. Or did I miss this line of questioning during the GF's testimony yesterday?
I just finished listening to the police interview with Rhonda Rouer and she DEFINITELY stated that Dunn never mentioned a gun. According to her, he also never expressed any concern that "the thugs" would come looking for him at the hotel. In fact, she stated that he left the gun in the glove compartment, had no other weapons on him, and had no qualms about going right outside the hotel with the dog. I suspect that the defense doesn't want the prosecution to drag out any part of that interview video since the girlfriend's demeanor is as calm as a cucumber throughout and that was merely 4 1/2 days after the murder. There was something very fishy about that performance on the stand yesterday as opposed to the taped interview/sworn statement with JSO detectives. It almost felt like Battered Wife Syndrome or something on the stand, but she was NOT like that in the interview at all. MOO