Am I correct in this?
There was a hearing regarding admissibility of JA stating that Travis was a pedophile and it was determined that as there was no evidence to suggest there was any kiddie *advertiser censored* on his computer or anywhere in the house that this statement would not be admissible.
JA testified on direct that she walked in on Travis pleasuring himself to kiddie *advertiser censored* and was disgusted etc. despite it being inadmissible. Juan didn't object.
So now the door is open and JA opened it herself. After Juan is through impeaching her thoroughly on the subject he can still remind the jury that as there was no evidence to substantiate her claims and that the jury is to disregard all her claims re Travis being a pedophile and her attempting to cure him of it.....but that they can totally take into consideration the lie she perpetuated. Did I get this right?? If so woooohooooo!!
Bumping this.
THANK YOU, for this great post KaRN-- I had not quite put all of the pieces together on Juan's strategy today-- especially how the witness tampering may have played into it. I didn't know about the hearing long ago about the inadmissibility of the pedophile allegations-- and now it all makes sense. (I haven't followed the case very long.)
BUT-- my question is, if the pedophile allegations were inadmissible, AND Juan didn't object-- did he risk a mistrial or something? Is the judge upset about this? Was he "required" to object??
I think it's a great strategy (not objecting), so that the prosecutor can bring in more evidence to dismantle her lies-- but I'm puzzled about how it's all going down. Was that legal/proper?
Same as the magazines and journals-- surely the defense knew about these?! I cannot believe Juan wouldn't have been above board about them. And yet, it sure seemed to me that the defense team
acted as though they had
never heard of the journals or magazines before Juan brought them out. That was very puzzling to me. Surely they would have objected if they were not listed in discovery? Did the defense team REALLY overlook them? (That boggles the mind, as related to the journals, especially.)
I admit I was a little confused for a while today as to where the ship was sailing -- and I just hope that the jury wasn't! I was pretty confused about the Donovan/ Campbell/ Matt connection-- hopefully Juan makes it VERY clear next week! I totally got the pattern of stalking and confrontations, possessiveness, lies, etc.
I think I see where Juan Martinez is going with all this-- and given another hour or 2 today, he would have connected all the dots. (Shame he didn't get to do that before the long trial break.)
