Still Missing CO - Suzanne Morphew, 49, Chaffee Co, 10 May 2020 *arrest* #90

[mrjitty]

Let me understand.

The defense is suggesting there's 95% of working emails that are being withheld. I bet they have 100% of the actual REPORTS.

And they want all drafts of the AA?

Maybe I misunderstand but that looks like a lotta noise to me. All noise, no syllables.

JMO

Is that stuff actually discoverable?

 

[girlhasnoname]

Is that stuff actually discoverable?

State doesn't think so

 

[303gmf]

Is that stuff actually discoverable?

Did his highly paid team check their spam folders?

 

[mrjitty]

Ashley Franco
@AshleyKKTV
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Defense says that investigators wrote up an arrest affidavit very early on in the investigation which they say shows they wanted to pin it on the husband from the beginning without looking into the unknown DNA found in #SuzanneMorphew car.
@KKTV11News

This is ridiculous.

 

[Momofthreeboys]

Is that stuff actually discoverable?

I think that is what the judge will determine....it's excluded if it's opinions and literally members of the prosecution bouncing ideas but if it's correspondence related to specific reports, data, evidence then it is discovery but again, just a guess on my part and I think that is what this judge wants to dig into...just what is contained in what defense is saying is missing to see if it was indeed a violation.

 

[Megnut]

Is this the Prosecution's first case ever?

They should know the stakes.

Plural.

JMO

 

[DizzyB]

I’m not a big Linda Stanley fan, as others are. The prosecution team knows who they are up against, and how they intend to try their case. They should have answers to questions, instead of checking hallways to see if someone is around. If this is a tactic on the state’s part, I would like it explained to me so that I can understand it.

 

[girlhasnoname]

@LaurenScharfTV

Former ADA Jeff Lindsey will appear at 2 p.m. Court is in recess for 10 min.

12:16 PM · Jan 24, 2022

 

[Lyanna]

Thank you @girlhasnoname

 

[mrjitty]

I agree .Not something I would have expected from experienced professionals.

LOL - fairly mild by US standards IMO

 

[Lyanna]

@AshleyKKTV

Sounds like Lindsey will be here at 2pm today

 

[mrjitty]

Is this the Prosecution's first case ever?

They should know the stakes.

Plural.

JMO

Its the middle of the Omicron wave - not surprising government departments are chaotic

 

[Skigh]

@AshleyKKTV

Sounds like Lindsey will be here at 2pm today

At least European posters will have the wine opened by then!

 

[Lyanna]

At least European posters will have the wine opened by then!

Mines in the fridge ready

 

[mrjitty]

I’m not a big Linda Stanley fan, as others are. The prosecution team knows who they are up against, and how they intend to try their case. They should have answers to questions, instead of checking hallways to see if someone is around. If this is a tactic on the state’s part, I would like it explained to me so that I can understand it.

Annoying the Judge is not great - but on the other hand this procedural stuff, while important, is not game time, and the Judge will not be unfamiliar with the respective resources. Highly paid defence team can be all over it, whereas the prosecutors have a lot of competing priorities and depend on a bureaucracy - especially difficult right now.

 

[girlhasnoname]

Its the middle of the Omicron wave - not surprising government departments are chaotic

I can understand and appreciate that, but whatever the reason was, they should have been able to communicate that effectively and in a timely manner IMO.

 

[Warwick7]

@AshleyKKTV

Sounds like Lindsey will be here at 2pm today

Good to hear...

 

[MrsWatson]

Annoying the Judge is not great - but on the other hand this procedural stuff, while important, is not game time, and the Judge will not be unfamiliar with the respective resources. Highly paid defence team can be all over it, whereas the prosecutors have a lot of competing priorities and depend on a bureaucracy - especially difficult right now.

All very valid points, in addition to this not being the only case they have going. It just happens to be high profile. I have no doubt they are struggling with staff issues, as so very many places seem to be.

I do hope the prosecution gets it together, though. They have all the information they need, all in BM's own words and actions.

MOO

 

[mrjitty]

I can understand and appreciate that, but whatever the reason was, they should have been able to communicate that effectively and in a timely manner IMO.

The last mega-trial I followed was McStay in San Diego.

Stuff was being discovered in both directions mere days or even the morning a witness took the stand. It drove the judge to distraction.

There is a certain level of bureaucratic failure I am guessing, not to mention not being that motivated to help the defence and sometimes even animosity - but also it is easy for the defence to pretend that the key to their whole case is lurking out there in internal police departmental emails and previous drafts of documents

 

[mrjitty]

All very valid points, in addition to this not being the only case they have going. It just happens to be high profile. I have no doubt they are struggling with staff issues, as so very many places seem to be.

I do hope the prosecution gets it together, though. They have all the information they need, all in BM's own words and actions.

MOO

I'm sure they will be much more motivated about their own case, than they will be about wild goose chases for emails