Can anyone tell me when the State/Prosecutor took possession
of all of Jodi Arias' journals?
From the latest docket entry, it sounds like some were taken from her jail cell on April 1, 2013. I assume the rest were taken from her home when she was arrested.
Hi, are you able to tell me if JW or KN will be the one to do closing arguments, or will they both have a part?
Also, can an attorney in closing arguments ask or encourage a jury to look at 'specific' items when deliberating, i.e. look at all testimony of where the gun was shot, or count how many different accounts of XYZ, etc.
Thank you.
Closing argument will be done by one attorney, not both, but I can't tell you which one.
Yes, the attorneys can and will definitely point the jurors to specific evidence in closing argument.
Is there no limit to the duration of a testimony?
Nope. The judge can place time limits in her discretion, but in a death penalty case you have to be careful about that.
When JM said JA was the worst thing that happened to TA this afternoon, and Nurmi stormed up to the judge for approach can he ask again for a mistrial and could he get one? Thx
He can ask for a mistrial every day if he wants. He's not going to get one for that question.
When JM is questioning ALV and she is being combative, he says "Judge, non responsive" and the judge says "sustained". So that means that she is upholding his objection, right? So what does it mean in regards to the testimony? Also, if he impeaches the witness does that just mean he can say in closing arguments that she was impeached and therefore not credible?
It means she is being non-responsive and needs to respond to the question.
If JM wants to, he can say that all the defense witnesses were impeached and their testimony should therefore be disregarded. That would not be a smart way to go, though, and I don't think he'll do it.
4/10/2013 MOT - Motion - Party (001) 4/10/2013 NOTE: DEFENDANTS MOTION TO COMPEL; JOURNALS SEIZED FROM MS. ARIAS JAIL CELL ON OR ABOUT APRIL 1, 2013
can you explain what this means and who's requesting the defendant to compel the journals..can these journals be used against her in court.?
It sounds like the defense team wants the prosecutor to give them copies of some journals seized from JA's cell on 4/1/13. Presumably this is because they are afraid JM intends to use the journals as evidence.
My question relates specifically to Dr. Samuels and ALV. Since these experts have been, for lack of a better term, THROTTLED on the stand, if there IS a penalty phase, would the DT bring them back? Or would they look for a new set of experts since their credibility is shot?
They will not have time to get new experts. Presumably they will recycle these experts.