GUILTY GA - Ahmaud Arbery, 25, jogger, fatally shot by former LEO and son, Brunswick, Feb 2020 *Arrests* #5

[ilovewings]

Oh.my.god just finished watching the defences closing.

Sheffields imaginary dialogues and blatant appeals to emotion are the worst telenovela I have ever had the misfortune of watching.

I am so freaking angry: Travis went to buy gas at 4 am one morning and saw someone ducking in and out of shadows so--- it must have been AA, right? OMG I cannot tell you
the depth of my hatred (yes hatred) for this attorney: he is evil IMO. He knows that is BS - he knows that is a crock but he will say anything to get the jury to believe AA was up to no good- so forget what the prosecutor tells you about citizens arrest- his attempt is to get to the jurors on a visceral level- he wants them to experience fear- and if they do experience and understand that fear, they will acquit these defendants. The worst of all possibilities is that it could work!

 

[Kristin Esq.]

Jury is being brought back in.

 

[tlcya]

Hogue for GM is beginning her closing arguments

"My father worked for almost 50 years as a life insurance salesman, not because he liked it, because he didn't. He did that because he wanted his kids to grow up in a safe neighborhood."

It's already getting thick in here. MOO The unspoken subtext is to protect his family from those scary brazen thieving black people. As if to suggest AA was threatening the very fabric of American family on February 23rd.

 

[tlcya]

She's at least trying to be relatable to the jurors but it is coming across as very self serving from where I'm sitting

 

[Kristin Esq.]

Police can't be everywhere, neighbors in the neighborhood help the police.

 

[JaxFlaGal]

Yeah, that's why they picked burglary on Feb 11th. It's a felony. And he's trying to catch him due to that, because the citizen's arrestvlaw says you can chase while "fleeing."

It's the defense i fear they will buy.

The prosecution will hopefully argue how long you can chase/flee.

My question about that is that the defense had to focus on the property being a residence in order to fit into the Georgia definitions of a felony charge versus a misdemeanor. But can an uncompleted house under construction (without even doors at that time) that was nowhere close to eligible for a legal certificate of occupancy be considered a residence under the Georgia statutes?

 

[wasnt_me]

So it's the American dream to be surrounded by busy-body neighbors who are up in your business and terrified of strangers? Got it!

 

[wasnt_me]

My question about that is that the defense had to focus on the property being a residence in order to fit into the Georgia definitions of a felony charge versus a misdemeanor. But can an uncompleted house under construction (without even doors at that time) that was nowhere close to eligible for a legal certificate of occupancy be considered a residence under the Georgia statutes?

That's true. You're right. That's what RB's attorney was talking about last Friday and objecting to the prosecution calling it a construction site (so late in the game). Someone might soon argue that it was inhabitable. If so, will the jury buy it? Can it be appeal grounds?

 

[Hope4More]

The misstatements about law & factual distortions & dog whistles are flying as fast & as aplenty as snowflakes in a blizzard.

 

[BUF]

Oh my…is anyone watching GM’s face during his lawyer’s closing as she fumbles with her flip chart?

 

[Kristin Esq.]

Oh my…is anyone watching GM’s face during his lawyer’s closing as she fumbles with her flip chart?

I missed it - what was his face like?

 

[wasnt_me]

Oh my…is anyone watching GM’s face during his lawyer’s closing as she fumbles with her flip chart?

No! I have to work! Lol. I'm gonna have to take a peek now. Thx.

 

[BUF]

I missed it - what was his face like?

WTH?

 

[clearskies1]

Ok, I'll go back and listen to the judge's ruling on Friday. I thought the judge ruled that immediate pursuit of a felony (but not a misdemeanor) is allowed but that it did not obviate the first part of statute (which requires immediate knowledge of the underlying crime). I guess I'm wrong. I'll listen again. JMO.

Replying to my own post. Based on this I think my understanding is correct:

 

[ilovewings]

WTH?

It was amusing, but if I was her client, I would not be the least bit amused!

 

[tlcya]

congratulating the jury on how very attentive they've been (proverbial pat on the head before asking them to jump the shark with her)

 

[Kristin Esq.]

At lease use a powerpoint! I'd be so distracted.

 

[sds71]

@HayleyMasonTV

https://mobile.twitter.com/HayleyMasonTV/status/1462856255765200899
Wanda Cooper-Jones is shaking her head as the Laura Hogue closes her defense for Gregory McMichael.

 

[wasnt_me]

At lease use a powerpoint! I'd be so distracted.

Imagine her sitting around in that suit, drawing her boards as neatly as she can. powerpoint and done! Boom!

 

[MrsWatson]

Is she trying to recreate a time, technology wise, when that sort of blatant dog whistling was acceptable?

That flip chart looks tacky and unprofessional and a wee bit of me wants it to fall on her head.

MOO