Great article. Change the date and a few facts and it's déjà vu.
Being "mentally ill" is not a defense to murder. But it is a mitigating circumstance.
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I saw her glance over there, seemingly involuntarily, when Juan said "the witness who was on the stand." But maybe she was looking at Maria DLR? :fence:
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I have taught preschool, formal logic, math, paralegal classes, law school (contracts and writing), professionalism, and test prep classes (PSAT, SAT, GRE, MCAT)...I think that's it.
Yes, Nurmi has not yet filed his brief on the merits of the Ct App case, and apparently plans to do so, based on the judge's comment that she knows he has something due that he needs time to work on this week.
Lol, that's crazy, too. All this time I thought you guys were calling her that for fun and was all, ok...I can see that. Had no idea it's what she calls herself...oy vey.
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Lol, that's crazy, too. All this time I thought you guys were calling her that for fun and was all, ok...I can see that. Had no idea it's what she calls herself...oy vey.
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Being "mentally ill" is not a defense to murder. But it is a mitigating circumstance.
I saw her glance over there, seemingly involuntarily, when Juan said "the witness who was on the stand." But maybe she was looking at Maria DLR? :fence:
I have taught preschool, formal logic, math, paralegal classes, law school (contracts and writing), professionalism, and test prep classes (PSAT, SAT, GRE, MCAT)...I think that's it.
Yes, Nurmi has not yet filed his brief on the merits of the Ct App case, and apparently plans to do so, based on the judge's comment that she knows he has something due that he needs time to work on this week.
At this point, I am now feeling that Nurmi's attempts to delay trial with his tactics to push this on to the COA is now going to backfire and leave a huge soot stain on the DT's face. COA is going to rule that all of the secrecy stop and JSS will have to set some real boundaries with Nurmi. The COA ruling might also set up less appellate issues for JA to bring up in the future (hoping).
I watched JM do his thing previously and I believe he has just given the DT "enough rope" . . . Nurmi will have gone from "butt hurt" to "butt bitten". These antics are so out of the norm - I dare say we are seeing the lunatic fringe of the bell curve with the DT tactics. JM will bring things back in balance - with the backing of the COA. MOO
I'm not an attorney and this is the first case I've watched and been glued to from the beginner so saying that, this is my opinion.
If you go back to the beginning of this secrecy stuff…. the day that it happened, everything I read about it said that the witness refused to testify in public. I never read that the witness was afraid or anything. I think that since JA threw a fit and refused to testify in her own defense unless the courtroom was closed, JSS was afraid that that would be seen as not giving the defendant a fair chance to mitigate. In the articles the day it happened, many started speculating about what reasons could be dire enough to justify sealing the courtroom and the one everyone came up with was fear for their life and lo and behold that is what Nurmi started spouting. Let me see if I can find the earlier articles… all of this is JMO of course.
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2014/10/30/18216301/
"Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens and lawyers then met behind closed doors about the start of Arias' case. They made a decision to keep the public out of the courtroom because a skittish defense witness wanted to testify in private." http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/ne...ay-their-life-has-been-living-hell-since-his/
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens said Thursday that the witness will not testify unless the hearing was closed to the public.
"This was not an easy decision," said Stephens, who declined to reveal the witness' identity.
The judge said her decision to close the courtroom and seal the witness' testimony until the sentencing trial's conclusion is necessary for "the administration of justice."
http:///news/us/2014/10/30/victim-family-members-speak-in-jodi-arias-trial-n1912159
I have a question AZl. Is it normal for a judge to stop the trial in order that one of the attorney writes an appeal. Will she also close the courts so he may also write the many motions he plans to write. Thanks you for all you do. This case really confuses me. It seems very strange that she would do this.
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Jodi Arias trial - what you didn't hear
"It was one of countless sidebars in the Jodi Arias trial: Domestic-violence expert Alyce LaViolette was on the witness stand, facing withering cross-examination from prosecutor Juan Martinez, and defense attorney Jennifer Willmott asked to approach the judge to talk out of earshot of the jury.
“If he will just let her answer, he will get an answer,” Willmott said.
“I can get more aggressive with her as need be,” Martinez said."
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20130620jodi-arias-sidebars-exclusive.html
ETA - It's as if we're talking about 2 different judges - then & now.