GUILTY AZ - Daniel Rodriguez, 29, fatally shot by Phoenix PD officer, 5 Oct 2010 #2

[Jewels53]

Thanks Jewels for bringing us Trial by Tweet yet again. Hopefully the camera will be back on Monday.

Thanks Zuri! I would love to watch this trial just as much as everyone here. I have learned sometimes you just have to accept things the way they are.

I just hope yesterday's showing of the jury has nothing to do with the broadcast of this trial.

 

[Zuri]

I have a feeling the jury is going to convict Danny Rodriguez rather than Richard Chrisman. RC, if found not guilty, can then be back on the streets as a cop, either in the PPD or another department.

There were 4 sets of victims in this case: DR family, Danny Rodriguez and his dog, and Sergio Virgillo and his family, and the family of Richard Chrisman. This is such a tragedy all the way around. JMV

 

[josie1986]

I just don't get all the problems with the feed for this trial,we had no problems with the JA trial and that streamed for four months.

So there is no stream at all today?

Sent from my 'alternate reality' using my hippocampus

 

[Jewels53]

Trial Diva Jen ™ ‏@TrialDivasJ 11m
Next witness is Lucien Haag again..he is examining the bike and will testify about it this afternoon...#richardchrisman

 

[josie1986]

Abc tweeted me a link to watch live stream,it was 57mins ago but I never noticed. Assuming it will still be there for the afternoon. I shall ask.

Sent from my 'alternate reality' using my hippocampus

 

[MeeBee]

I have a feeling the jury is going to convict Danny Rodriguez rather than Richard Chrisman. RC, if found not guilty, can then be back on the streets as a cop, either in the PPD or another department.

There were 4 sets of victims in this case: DR family, Danny Rodriguez and his dog, and Sergio Virgillo and his family, and the family of Richard Chrisman. This is such a tragedy all the way around. JMV

I wouldn't be shocked if this happened Zuri. He may even get a lesser conviction than the second degree murder charge. You just can't expect the same things when a cop is the one on trial.

There are definitely some things working against the state. Danny was high on meth and he was being non cooperative. Though some of the questions suggest they are leaning towards conviction, if I am being honest. There are things working against Chrisman too, most importantly, the testimony of Virgillo.

But the fact that there are tweets that suggest the jury is close is very comforting. They should be able to work together and come to an agreement.

I think he will be convicted of second degree murder. But I'm not married to the idea, lol.

 

[aa9511]

Lissette Martinez ‏@martinezliss 43s
Jm: Why did you turn your head when Danny was shot?
V: I could not bare to see an execution #richardchrisman
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Trial Diva Sharee™ ‏@TrialDivasS 58s
Virgillo states he turned his head away when #richardchrisman had a gun pointed at Danny's head, he couldn't bear to see an execution
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Found this while I was reading over the tweets re: Vergillo's testimony (beginning around page 6 or 7 under Thread 1 Az.vs.Richard Chrisman trial). It made me think, why didn't Vergillo charge on Chrisman and knock him down? I don't know what the exact placement of all 3 ppl were at this point...it's very hard to know when it's trial by tweet and even during video we couldn't see the outline of the room on the floor. But am I right that Danny would have been over by the kitchen door, bike in front of him, Chrisman on other side of bike, and Vergillo standing in breach of doorway? Wouldn't that put Vergillo next to Chrisman, on one side of him?

I'm not getting why Vergillo didn't do more to stop Chrisman, especially afte he shot the dog, he should have know at that point that Chrsiman was dangerous. I know he was trying to get Danny out of there, but he was the police officer, couldn't he have stopped Chrisman??

 

[aa9511]

Monday ABC15 and AZFamily, courthouse, better be ready for LIVE STREAM!!!! No way they can make us miss closing arguments!

 

[MeeBee]

Lissette Martinez ‏@martinezliss 43s
Jm: Why did you turn your head when Danny was shot?
V: I could not bare to see an execution #richardchrisman
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Trial Diva Sharee™ ‏@TrialDivasS 58s
Virgillo states he turned his head away when #richardchrisman had a gun pointed at Danny's head, he couldn't bear to see an execution
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Found this while I was reading over the tweets re: Vergillo's testimony (beginning around page 6 or 7 under Thread 1 Az.vs.Richard Chrisman trial). It made me think, why didn't Vergillo charge on Chrisman and knock him down? I don't know what the exact placement of all 3 ppl were at this point...it's very hard to know when it's trial by tweet and even during video we couldn't see the outline of the room on the floor. But am I right that Danny would have been over by the kitchen door, bike in front of him, Chrisman on other side of bike, and Vergillo standing in breach of doorway? Wouldn't that put Vergillo next to Chrisman, on one side of him?

I'm not getting why Vergillo didn't do more to stop Chrisman, especially afte he shot the dog, he should have know at that point that Chrsiman was dangerous. I know he was trying to get Danny out of there, but he was the police officer, couldn't he have stopped Chrisman??

I don't know if they covered this, but perhaps Virgillo was too scared to try to stop Chrisman for fear he'd shoot him too. So instead of rushing Chrisman or whatever, he wanted to get Daniel out of there ASAP. He just wanted to get him to a safe place before anything else happened. It's sad. It sounded like a very desperate situation.

ETA: it does sound like Virgillo was quite frightened of Chrisman: "When Chrisman put the gun to Daniel's head the way he did, who knows what could have happened to me."

 

[josie1986]

fingers crossed we have a feed....still not had a reply from abc yet

 

[geevee]

Trial Diva Jen ™ ‏@TrialDivasJ 53s Back in da courtroom..this might not be long..#richardchrisman

 

[geevee]

Wild About Trial ‏@WildAboutTrial 2m #RichardChrisman live stream is up here: Tune in now and spread the word! http://wildabouttrial.com/richard-chrisman-live-stream.html …

 

[geevee]

Trial Diva Jen ™ ‏@TrialDivasJ 50s Judge isn't liking the fact bike has been manhandled through out trial..Judge denies..#richardchrisman

 

[geevee]

It's Live on WAT, folks.

 

[MeeBee]

Trial Diva Jen ™ ‏@TrialDivasJ 50s Judge isn't liking the fact bike has been manhandled through out trial..Judge denies..#richardchrisman

What does this mean? What did judge deny?

 

[MeeBee]

Day is over anywhos.

 

[geevee]

Well that was quick, no more rebuttal, jury instructions and closing arguments, 10:30 Monday start time, be there or be square.

 

[MeeBee]

Juan is not going to call anymore witnesses?

 

[Zuri]

What just happened?

 

[geevee]

Juan is not going to call anymore witnesses?

No, the State rested. I couldn't hear much but it sounded like JM wanted Haag to testify about no damage to the bike (from bullets?) but judge said it had been manhandled too much in court for him to testify to anything.