State rests rebuttal case - thread #169

[AngelWings444]

I am watching HLN so its delayed.

What was the typo? In tact?

Didn't he show a picture of the brain? Was it sitting in the skull cavity? If so it should show it pierced the dura matter.

The typo is not going to save JA. In the end like the Judge has ruled it doesn't matter which came first it is still considered 'cruel' by judicial standards.

IMO

Yes, the typo said intact. We didn't get to see the brain pictures..thank goodness.

In the end, I don't think it will matter, but I wish we didn't wind up the trial with a huge typo on the ME's report.

 

[Pink Sparkle]

:seeya: 2 more : "dyed hair" ...

:waitasec: adding another : "NO receipts in Arizona" ...

:waitasec: adding another : "deleted camera photos" ...

What else ? Please add ...

I have to get back to studying -- but checking in with you peeps for updates !

:seeya:

Turned her cell phone off

White rental car vs red rental car

Upside Down license plate

 

[Beccaboo]

I am confused as to why people think this witness is not doing well. She has so far been wonderful, she just had a problem understanding that one question

 

[raisincharlie]

1039 people watching....at 10:45 eastern, 9:45 central and 7:45 pacific.

That's damn impressive guys!

Its almost time for me to be getting up...:floorlaugh:

 

[Love Never Fails]

what was the typo....,anyone....

Sorry. Typo said bullet did not penetrate the dura. Should have said it did.
Thus the typo. You will have to go back and see the testimony from Dr G. Too lengthy to explain.

 

[ElleElle]

Being a west coast girl myself I love the southern USA accents.

I think she said Louisiana? She went to LSU, but not for sure that's where she was raised? I don't hear it, since I lived in Texas for 8 years and even started using "y'all" in my daily speech. The first time I said it and didn't "think" about adding it, I screamed and the lady I said it to at the bank laughed her butt off at me! LOL!! For a Cali girl, I was excited! :floorlaugh:

 

[Tipstaff]

Yikes - would that violate their admonition?

I believe it would - however I do not discount they may have knowledge of this from work they do a nurse, an EMT, a tech of some kind. Astute question.

 

[HarvestMoon]

I think some of us are still in shock over what happened in FL. :scared::scared:

Shocked & reluctantly scared for what could happen here. PTSD from that trial.

 

[kpm]

Re-posting, since so many are concerned:

ANY bullet wound through the skull with brain adjacent to it would HAVE to penetrate the dura simply because the skull, dura (plus two other membrane layers: arachnoid and pia mater) and brain are like layers smack up against each other.. Too bad the ME was on autopilot (IMO) when he dictated a phrase he has probably dictated 1000's of times ("dura mater is intact"), but given the number and severity of wounds he had to document, it is a relatively minor error since common sense tells anyone who knows any basic anatomy that ANY bullet wound through the skull with brain adjacent to it would HAVE to penetrate the dura. MOO

I don't have the data but if you could tell readers the thickness of the dura...that may help ... IIRC its pretty thin and easily perforated....

 

[rose222]

I do wonder why JM is giving this psychology babble so much importance in this murder case. He knows best though so I trust him.

 

[Hope4More]

I do hope the jury had some snacks on the last break. I heard a snip of some guy on HLN saying the appellate lawyers have their antenna up over this long day already: jury fatigue, appeal

Oh good grief. This judge wouldn't do anything whatsoever that might invite an appeal. Quite the opposite, if anything.

 

[Anadarko]

I love the demeanor of this expert. Soft spoken, but very self assured.

 

[STEADFAST]

I am majorly impressed one of the jurors caught that error on the ME report. Can't wait to find out what they all do for a living, once this is all over.

I'd be more impressed if Wilmott and Dr. G hadn't gone on and on this afternoon about the report saying that the dura mater was intact. I fully expected Wilmott to ask the ME about it, and so did the juror probablyl

 

[sammie]

Do you remember, way way way long ago, a juror question asking about the possible involvement of TA's roommates in the murder? Yep, there's no objective reason to vote other than 1st degree, but maybe the juror that asked that way out question is still....way out.

It just is never possible to know how a jury is going to go.

Juror may not even deliberate, and if he/she does, they may change their mind once they hear the reasoning of the others.

 

[jellybeanz]

1039 people watching....at 10:45 eastern, 9:45 central and 7:45 pacific.

That's damn impressive guys!

And 3.45 Green witch mean time!!

 

[Prime Mover]

That was good. She contacted the publisher and was told the summary scales were not required.

 

[missmazzy]

I don't think Ms. Hayes was necessary and this testimony is not going as JM had hoped. She's having trouble following his questions (his style can be confusing) and she isn't giving the answers he expected.

We were spoiled by Dr DeMarte - she was awesome!

 

[MeeBee]

How is our team doing?

 

[Hope4More]

Shocked & reluctantly scared for what could happen here. PTSD from that trial.

Yes, sadly.

 

[Wescott]

oh dear, will be Juan is thinking, oh crap-- it is a huge moment- and calls into question the testimony of the ME- i hate to even say that

I don't think it does at all. He is extremely credible and IMO a typo does not change his expert testimony. A typo and a supposed copyright infraction is not going to help this defense one little bit.