salberg7
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I agree with TexMex on this one. I think JSS artfully escalated the issue to the CofA. The "manipulative" word is on the record (I think this is key); there's been a dry run through the CofA with back up from AZSC; while it was impossible to predict what might do next, she'd already got slapped down by the top of the line court. JSS was doing everything she could to make a non-appealable case. This was just another example.
It was clear JSS wasn't at all taken in by ' lies; she had a hard time, methinks, figuring out how to handle the manipulation. I'm sure JSS totally understood what TA must have gone through, because she was actively experiencing it.
As do I agree with TexMex. This was an extraordinary trial in many respects - a sociopathic defendant, inexperienced defense team, and yes perhaps a judge who found herself unfamiliar with a few issues yet erred on the side of caution.
I have voiced my opinion on this board about the defendant having more rights than the victim and the & her DT more than provided a few instances of this. Yes, this is our justice system and it's the best in the world. CMJA & her posse called the shots, JSS & JM knew it but both played it out perfectly IMO in that the murderer's appeal will be denied.
Don't get me wrong-the endless sidebars and delays made me quite angry and frustrated during the trial, but looking back I feel JSS did her job well. We can all look back to critique it now but we are not privy to information that was sealed and thus unknown to us during the trial that perhaps JSS based her decisions on. Intricacies of the case only the lawyers and defendant were aware of. As an analogy, if case law in Arizona consisted of 25 volumes, Nurmi & Wilmott took an issue from 24 of 25 volumes and literally threw any issue out to see if it would stick. And because of this, JSS had to deal with those sticky issues.
JSS was no Melvin Blevins, that's for sure, but didn't that defendant walk free?
I too think JSS out manipulated the manipulator.