Trial - Ross Harris #4

[Bc007]

OMG!!! A sidebar!

Some of the Judges decisions in the case baffle me. I see potential appellant issues....

 

[JerseyGirl]

Now they are talking about Stoddard's testimony regarding Harris's purported web searches for remote or secluded islands, including the Solomon chain in the Pacific.

Kilgore: "Did you do any other investigation as to the web history at that exact same time that Ross was there?"

Stoddard: "No, sir."

Kilgore hands over a defense exhibit of other web searches. The time is about a minute before Harris searched for remote islands.

Kilgore: Can you tell us the name of the article that Ross accessed on Reddit exactly one minute before he searched for remote islands?"

Stoddard says it's a story about a kid living in a rain forest.

Kilgore: "Story about a kid who lived in a rain forest? That's what he was looking at for one minute before searching for the Solomon Islands and remote islands, correct?"

Stoddard: "Yes, sir."

The island in question, Kilgore says, was in the Solomon islands.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Kilgore wanted to tell the jury that Stoddard refused to allow Leanna's attorney to retrieve photos of Cooper from her computer (in LE custody) she wanted to display at Cooper's funeral. It was spiteful.

Defense says detectives seized Leanna Harris' laptop with more than 30,000 photos of Cooper. Did not return it to her before Cooper's funeral. Stoddard said it was discussed but it was still an active investigation.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/460765362

 

[JerseyGirl]

Boring rises for re-re-direct.

Boring: "You were asked about Jim Persinger. Now, do you know who the direct point of contact between Mr. Persinger ... was he employed by the DA's office?

Stoddard: "He was employed by the DA's office."

Boring: "So his point of contact would have been us, not you."

Stoddard: "That's correct."

The point of this exchange is Stoddard's admission on the stand that he did not read the consultant's full report.

Kilgore gets up on re-re-cross but the judge shuts him down after an objection from the prosecution.

Stoddard steps down from the stand.

 

[Hope4More]

This must be about RH statements after invoking?

ETA-- Yep. And his testimony about why he was there and recording is complete BS , imo.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The next witness is called. He is David Raissi, detective for Cobb County Police Department. With department for nine years. Now on the crimes against persons unit.

He says he was working the night shift on the day Cooper died and was summoned to the scene at Akers Mill Square shopping center.

 

[Hope4More]

Defense says detectives seized Leanna Harris' laptop with more than 30,000 photos of Cooper. Did not return it to her before Cooper's funeral. Stoddard said it was discussed but it was still an active investigation.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/460765362

Bull. L's attorney asked to download photos on to a zipdrive, and from the extracted copy of her computer's contents. It was spiteful.

 

[AuntB]

This must be about RH statements after invoking?

ETA-- Yep. And his testimony about why he was there and recording is complete BS , imo.

You're talking about Raissa? If so, why is it BS?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Detective Raissi says he was working the night shift on the day Cooper died and was summoned to the scene at Akers Mill Square shopping center but was only there about 15 minutes.He says he then went with his partner to the Home Depot's Treehouse office building to meet with Leanna Harris. Raissi says he parked Leanna's car for her, then fetched her purse at her request. Raissi was then dropped off at the Harrises' apartment for a search of the premises, while Leanna was driven on to police headquarters.

He then returned to police HQ and photographed Harris in a police interrogation room to document his clothing and appearance. He said Stoddard walked in and told Harris about the charges that had been filed against him, including cruelty to children and murder.

Raissi: "He began questioning why he was being charged with (murder). He didn't understand. He had told us that it was nothing other than an accident. At that time he used the words 'malicious intent.' I was kind of surprised that he would know that language."

Raissi noticed that the interrogation room camera was turned off, so he started recording with his handheld camera.

 

[katydid23]

You are correct. Gravity itself is a law because we can see it happen. But the explanation of gravity is a theory. Point being, FBS should not be discounted because it will never be a law. It will always be a theory as we cannot observe the mechanism behind it. I think I will wait for Dr. Diamond's testimony rather than rely on the 1 page synopsis that you quoted from.

But we have to remember that Dr Diamond is also a HIRED GUN for the Defense. So his theory will automatically fit every single defendant that hires him to testify.

 

[Hope4More]

You're talking about Raissa? If so, why is it BS?

I don't believe he was just wandering down a hallway near where Stoddard was about to charge RH with murder, decided to take "routine" photos of RH, didn't know what was going on, per his testimony, but decided to stay put because RH was about to be charged with a serious crime and might get violent, and then when RH started talking about the charges decided it was important to "document" what RH said and began videotaping with his handheld camera.

Nope. Doesn't pass the smell test, imo.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Boring ends his direct examination of Raissi. Kilgore performs the cross-examination.

Kilgore: "You don't disagree that that is extraordinarily common that people say, 'Listen, I'm not guilty of this. I didn't mean to do this.'"

Raissi: "I believed the way he was doing this was not normal. ... The wording he was using, the vernacular, the language was not from a lay person. Certainly as a police officer or lawyer you understand what malice is. ... The wording he used caught my attention rather than him saying he (wasn't guilty). ... I thought it was strange that he was using that terminology."

 

[JerseyGirl]

Raissi noticed that the interrogation room camera was turned off, so he started recording with his handheld camera.

That video was played in court Monday. here it is again:

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...ctives-about-charges_20161024161715/460157423

At one point during the video taken inside the interrogation room, Stoddard says, "Your actions caused his death." Harris responds, "How is that against the law?"

 

[Hope4More]

Defendant's Motion #29.

 

[Maisiebelle]

If the state is near the end of its case I honestly don't believe they have proved that JRH killed Cooper on purpose. I believe he was a terrible husband and did sext minor girls. I also believe he was so preoccupied with his sext-life that he wasn't focused on his child. He did (imo) neglect Cooper and caused his death by that neglect.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Kilgore asks Raissi whether he's familiar with "confirmation bias."

"We see what we're looking for often, don't we? So if we believe that somebody's up to something suspicious or something nefarious, we look for" things that will confirm that suspicion.

Raissi says that wasn't the case with him. "It did look strange to me. I recorded it. I'm just trying to document facts. I did not know the context of what was going on beforehand. I just found it odd that he said (malicious intent).

After a few more questions, Kilgore finishes and Raissi steps down.

 

[Bc007]

If the state is near the end of its case I honestly don't believe they have proved that JRH killed Cooper on purpose. I believe he was a terrible husband and did sext minor girls. I also believe he was so preoccupied with his sext-life that he wasn't focused on his child. He did (imo) neglect Cooper and caused his death by that neglect.

Without hearing the defenses case I agree with your statement at this moment in time .

 

[JerseyGirl]

Defense attorney Kilgore and prosecutor Boring confer briefly with the judge. Whereupon the judge dismisses the jury early and tells them they'll have some extra time before lunch is delivered at noon.

 

[Bc007]

Whiteness's admission of looking up AL's police codes and terminology is a point for the defense. I think the state scored more today overall though.

 

[ScotAng]

You're talking about Raissa? If so, why is it BS?

Kilgore's rattled with Raissa and he's hardly been seated 10 minutes. Cheap shot at Raissa being non-responsive.

Kilgore more or less conceded the possibility RH mentioned malicious intent, citing Harris's 'experience' with LE, emphasis on the brother's role at the Police Academy. Not good work by Kilgore.