Abby & Libby - The Delphi Murders - Richard Allen Arrested - #199

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847323133990056042

 

[Betty P]

View attachment 538585Opening statements, composite sketches not allowed, cameras confiscated | Day 1 of Delphi murders trial for suspect Richard Allen

Shocker.

According to Baldwin that hair that doesn't belong to Allen actually belongs to a female relative of Libby.

Sure, ok. The DNA seemed to possibly have DNA that may have linked to Libby's family. Really? With DNA, it's science. You either have a match or you don't.

This guy is just making up a story. He's allowed to do that, though, because he's "arguing in the alternative". He's proposing "facts" that he doesn't have to verify or prove because he's just saying "Well, this may have happened and that may have happened or this other thing may have happened". Prosecution isn't allowed to do that.

Just based on the way he's phrasing the statement, he probably is being dishonest and has no evidence to back up his claims. That's why he's saying it in his opening statement. JMO IANAL

 

[Purdue19]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847321966702694421

 

[arielilane]

Posted four hours ago

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847258978297823482

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847323360000139620

 

[girlhasnoname]

So - which defense attorney Baldwin or Rozzi - I have not seen this mentioned anywhere. And the relatives - who were they? Will we find out later... TIA! Just trying to keep my notes straight!

Baldwin did the Opening Statement.

 

[WildHuncher]

View attachment 538585Opening statements, composite sketches not allowed, cameras confiscated | Day 1 of Delphi murders trial for suspect Richard Allen

Shocker.

According to Baldwin that hair that doesn't belong to Allen actually belongs to a female relative of Libby.

Cheap trick, then, even bringing it up. Abby had redressed in some of Libby’s clothing. The hair in her hand means she probably pulled Libby’s clothing (borrowed from a relative) on herself before she was killed.

 

[sunshineray]

remember - the defence needs to do zero

the burden is with the state to prove this beyond reasonable doubt

if they cannot make an impressive opening statement, it kind of means that they have no fireworks.....he cannot be convicted based upon anything i've seen or heard yet in this whole thing

i actually don't want anyone convicted based upon a half baked case which has taken years to build

If the defense needs to be zero then maybe telling illogical tall tales might not have been a good impressions to make...to start out with. JMO

 

[joe jones]

I don’t believe a juror is supposed to base his or her decision based on how it’s going to affect them personally after the trial. IMO

Jurors aren't supposed to do lots of things but they do. I could real off many retrials causes by things juries/jurors have done, and in such a high profile case with not just local news but national news and then international news fixated on this case from day 1 and with the saturation of information and the almost unanimous certainty that he is G then a juror IMO would not struggle to find him guilty as this is the consensus pre trial, much harder to find him NG if they felt state never reached BARD, they know exactly how this is expected to play out

 

[iamshadow21]

Sure, ok. The DNA seemed to possibly have DNA that may have linked to Libby's family. Really? With DNA, it's science. You either have a match or you don't.

This guy is just making up a story. He's allowed to do that, though, because he's "arguing in the alternative". He's proposing "facts" that he doesn't have to verify or prove because he's just saying "Well, this may have happened". Prosecution isn't allowed to do that.

I think he means it's mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847323519085867350

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847323932719824953

 

[Melted]

I think he means it's mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear.

He said in opening statements that it had a root.

 

[MassGuy]

And for those upset about the lack of sketches:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847324302024331746

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847324499982630967

 

[Spartygirl]

15 minutes per day to review released documents seems like a slap in the face of the media, IMO.

4 Media people removed from courthouse this morning while IGNORING the court's order of what can and cannot be allowed.

IMO, it was a Slap in the Face to Libby & Abby, their families and the Judge and courtroom rules.

Not the other way around.

I can see why JG is running a tight ship with these idiots --they have no respect for anyone.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Per POST # 742 -According to our Russ McQuaid, court started 11 minutes late. Judge Gull announced she confiscated 4 cameras and had the memory cards erased. Those 4 are now banned from the trial. Among them, a wire service and network photog.

 

[vls12345]

Sending strength to Libby's and Abby's loved ones. As well as the jurors. This has got to be brutal to hear/see as it moves forward.

 

[Betty P]

I think he means it's mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear.

He inferred that it was nuclear DNA, having come from the hair root. Whether nuclear or mitochondrial, adequate testing would narrow down the options of possible relations. I'll wager that test wasn't done or if it was, it didn't reveal what he claims.

But he's allowed to be misleading about all that.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847324660213441018

 

[Purdue19]

so neither witness who gave descriptions for sketches are being called by state, I wonder if defence will call them, the jury will then be left to ponder why the state never called them

https://twitter.com/x/status/1847324302024331746