FL - Sarah Boone, 42, charged with murdering boyfriend Jorge Torres, 42, by leaving him locked in suitcase, Winter Park, Feb 2020 #2

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846575307408499075

 

[Izzylizzy]

Here we go.

 

[JosieMae]

Court TV is reporting that the case will resume tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 10 a.m.

 

[sasha17]

I'm not believing this alleged evidence by the defense of a "battered hand of JT" whatsoever for BSS. Especially since we never heard of this until today! Where is the bat? Is there evidence on the bat itself? IMO, Dude Owens is really stretching this defense. I think SB better share her popcorn with him. JMO

IIRC, we (the public) first became aware of the bat when it was mentioned in one of the motions that described an expert's deposition.

"The Defendant shook the suitcase. She lost control and the suitcase flipped. She hit the decedent’s fingertips with the wooden baseball bat that was in the room."

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Oct 7, 2024

The state filed a motion to exclude the defense's claim of Battered Spouse Syndrome, after taking depositions of both the state's psychiatric expert (Dr. Werner) and the defense's psychiatric expert (Dr. Harper) who both interviewed Sarah about what happened. The motion includes two details from the doctors' depositions that were new (to me, perhaps I'd missed them earlier):

- "At the time of his death, the decedent was only 103 lbs. and had a blood alcohol level of .138g/dL."

- "The Defendant shook the suitcase. She lost control and the suitcase flipped. She hit the decedent’s...

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[acehard]

Pop-tarts for a week or take plea deal. Hmmmm tough choice

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

LYK is so right. The dog analogy is way off beam.

 

[Izzylizzy]

LYK is so right. The dog analogy is way off beam.

I found it highly offensive to the deceased JT when he used putting the DOG in the bag and the DOG barking to get out as an analogy.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

I found it highly offensive to the deceased JT when he used putting the DOG in the bag and the DOG barking to get out as an analogy.

Heartbreaking wasn't it? It comes off as racist maybe but certainly dehumanizing. Was he trying to suggest that literally no-one, including himself and his own team, think that JT's life was of value and meaning? I'm starting to become suspicious that SB could have easily got away with this murder because LE possibly didn't give AF

 

[Megnut]

Heartbreaking wasn't it? It comes off as racist maybe but certainly dehumanizing. Was he trying to suggest that literally no-one, including himself and his own team, think that JT's life was of value and meaning? I'm starting to become suspicious that SB could have easily got away with this murder because LE possibly didn't give AF

It was a exceedingly poooooooooor example, but he was using the case for past trauma from a dog not being cause for self-defense today. It wasn't intended to equate JD with a dog as to his value, but even before he began his comparison, he qualified it, saying he didn't mean in any way to devalue/dehumanize JT... which should have been enough for him not to proceed and use a more paralleling case.

Jmo

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

The judge has more than a dozen arraignments to handle this morning, then he will handle final motions in #SarahBoone which we will stream. After that, they will continue with voir dire. I expect the jury to be chosen by the end of the day.


8:58 AM · Oct 17, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846898500551766397

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846905190454100377

https://twitter.com/x/status/1846906785954718064

 

[nodamselindistress]

Wow, Opening Statements could be this afternoon! I can't wait to see how SB reacts when the prosecution outlines their case in openings. Will she be shaking her head? Mumbling? Gesticulating to her attorney? Hard to believe she will just sit there and take it, but we shall see.

 

[Megnut]

And we're live.

(I love that this judge never misses a chance to say 'bless you' to an errant sneeze on the courtroom!)

 

[Megnut]

State clarifying... character evidence cannot be presented before or as cause for the overt action required for self-defense. If I understood it correctly. Court granted.

 

[Megnut]

State is requesting a special hearing regarding new discovery from the Defense. 119 pages.

Judge moved immediately to a Richardson hearing --

The issue. State got new discovery from the Defense that is different than previously provided, and they object. Judge: Of the discovery I need to address whether it was trivial or substantial. Defense having trouble articulating what's in the discovery and why it's different. He is not happy.

 

[Megnut]

Judge is going to circle back to that issue.

Moving forward with the next objection.

State is not getting discovery from the Ddfense, BAL for JT.

State not getting SB medical records from Defense. Defense hasn't received them.

Judge is sustaining the objections, not sure what that means.

 

[Megnut]

State received 382 pages if jail records, less than 5% pertaining to mental health, received last night after business hours. No way to know what's relevant. State objects on the grounds of relevancy.

Owens don't use the microphone so it's hard to hear his response.

Judge: you aren't answering my question, Counselor.

 

[Megnut]

Discussion about alimony and not being paid, I can't fathom how this could be relevant.

Judge seems to be running out of patience.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

Best I can understand most of what's being discussed today, the Defense has received and is still waiting on assorted discovery, dumping it on the State without numbering, identifiers, relevancy, etc.

Pressed the Defense says they aren't going to enter it into evidence, they just want it for the purposes of refreshing their witness/expert's memory, even though their experts haven't seen it.

I don't trust the defense. I think they'll try to enter parts of it during the trial (after THEY have had a chance to dig through it).

There are discovery deadlines for a reason.

Sigh.

JMO

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Discussion about alimony and not being paid, I can't fathom how this could be relevant.

Judge seems to be running out of patience.

JMO

It could only be relevant in terms of SB's character if the prosecution have raised it?

SB wrote to the Judge to complain that her ex husband was no longer paying her alimony in a lengthy letter that is filed, so it's in the public arena. It indicates that SB is nothing but a money grabbing immoral and unethical person with a distorted perception of reality IMO, as she is residing in jail for nearly five years and is not looking after her child. JMO. Perhaps her ex husband owes her the money regardless of any circumstances?