Good morning all.
This was linked up thread, but I thought I would share in case others missed... has a bit of good info in there, although at this point, just rumors...
http://tamaratattles.com/2013/04/24...y-come-on-everybody-do-a-loco-motion-with-mi/
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Rumor in the courtroom Tuesday was that
Det. Flores is to be called to demonstrate
The Shelf Theory, that is, jumping up on a shelf on pins would result in the shelf tipping and the contents becoming disturbed. Photos of the crime scene showed the closest was meticulously in order. Im not a fan of demonstrations when you are ahead because they are risky. (See Also: OJ Glove Incident) Lets hope for the best there.
This rumor is looking to be simply that, a rumor that is becoming more unlikely the further I investigate. A more reliable sounding rumor is in the red update below.
UPDATED: There is new speculation by Mary Ellen Resendez of Phoenix ABC News 15 that the defense teams motion to preclude involves 5 witnesses including Suzie Dittman, Robert Brown, Dr. Kevin Horne, Jacob Meford and Diana Reid. Clearly, the last two testified on Tuesday. Robert Brown is another Mesa Forensics Computer Detective much like Michael Melendez who testified on Tuesday. Horne is the medical examiner to refute Jodis timeline of events with regard to the nature of the injuries. I cant imagine the Judge allowing him to be precluded. Suzie Dittman is a fraud investigator for JP Morgan Chase. Her LinkedIn profile describes her job as, Investigations (to) include internal & external crimes such as retail fraud referrals; longer-term, complex frauds requiring interviews with potential suspects and the identification of trends, patterns and ring identification. Provide support to the various Lines of Business within JPMorgan Chase, law enforcement and outside financial institutions in the investigation of potential fraudulent activity. So her testimony will be about credit card fraud. It could be something exciting or just a second source to reinforce the gas station ladys testimony about the need to verify a credit card after it is swiped for the third time, presumably for the third gas can. Attempting to preclude any of these people reeks of defense desperation in my opinion. Loco Motion indeed.
On Wednesday, the jury will return at 1:30 their time, 4:30 ET. We believe that there will be a hearing at 11:00/2:00 that may be the surrebuttal motion being heard. Its unclear what if anything is planned for 9:30/12:30 but it seems the motion to preclude a rebuttal witnesses will have to be done before the jury returns tomorrow as well, so I plan to turn the live feeds on at the usual time and wait and see. However, since Dianna and Jake testified Tuesday, that may have been ruled on on Tuesday. If one or all of the remaining contested witnesses does not testify we will know why Jodi was so happy at the end of the day today. I just cant see the judge precluding any of these witnesses.
Oh crap, remember all the speculation weve done about why Jodi was so freaking happy at the end of the day? Annie posted the answer in yesterdays comments. I bet she found out the manslaughter lesser was going to be allowed into the jury charge. That would certainly do it!
Were in the home stretch boys and squirrels!