Can someone explain this to me?
Now the Defense is saying (at least that's what it sounded like to me) because the Court does not grant our motion to mistrial, we're not going to call any witnesses.
But there were supposed to be more witnesses than just that one woman who withdrew from testifying, right?
So won't they hurt their client's case if they don't call anyone else now? Or does that mean the other witnesses withdrew, as well?
I'm confused, because while I didn't always agree with their tactics, to me it always seemed like the Defense was trying to get the most out of it for their client, working with what little they had, and this move now seems like a child stomping their foot to me - like, you know, you didn't do what we wanted, so now we're not going to proceed accordingly. Which I don't even think this actually is, I'm just stumped as to what else it could be.
I'm sure I'm simply missing the legal/ trial-related background to this, so if someone could give me a quick explanation, that would be great.