GUILTY GA - Diane McIver, 63, fatally shot, Atlanta, 25 Sept 2016

[BUF]

Wow she outright lied on something so easy to prove

We're there any other non-truths then?

Chances are that there are some on this jury who are familiar with that area and will chime in on deliberations if it should come up...which will make her testimony unbelievable.

 

[Gardenista]

We're there any other non-truths then?

Chances are that there are some on this jury who are familiar with that area and will chime in on deliberations if it should come up...which will make her testimony unbelievable.

Not sure but if I was a juror, this would make me distrust the entire State case because she has such a high level position--she's just below the top guy/gal.

 

[watergirl62]

All I can hear now is Foghorn Leghorns voice saying "Don't tell me where to sit, boy."

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[TruthIsStranger]

Don't know Niner. Maybe he just doesn't really want to hear what the surgeon has to say, so hiding his head helps him do that in some way- could bring back the feelings he had at the time of his wife's death and he doesn't want anyone to know his feelings now??? after all, he may need to show a strong, manly appearance all the time ??? Just guessing (which I hate to do because everyone is different in how they handle their feelings/stress, IMO).

I'm guessing he's hiding the fact that he can't genuinely cry for Diane but knows he should be crying. At some point, it would be good for the jury to see him show some actual tears, right? If he covers his face, it looks like he's hiding tears to appear "manly." I might be wrong, but it's reminiscent of his words in the hospital when he couldn't cry then either: "I'm trying not to cry." I'm doing this on purpose, everyone!

Why would a grown man not cry if he shot his wife accidentally? He seems incredibly emotionally immature to say a thing like this AND to be so rude to a doctor who doesn't want you to pass out and hit your head over the horrible news he's about to deliver. The doctor needn't have worried. These kinds of things make me think he's stunted enough to a) think he could get away with this and b) not come up with a better solution to his problems in the first place. Sleeping with the masseuse in his bed and attending the police interviewwith her didn't help matters, either.

 

[BUF]

The defense isn't objecting at all to this witness testimony. Cross should be interesting.

 

[BUF]

Missed the beginning, but the judge was polling some jurors if they ever saw/met Bill Crane. None said they did.

 

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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
15m15 minutes ago
Jurors will be hearing some jailhouse phonecalls #TexMcIver made. His attorney has concerns about some of the language used.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
13m13 minutes ago
Defense want comments redacted in which #TexMcIver talks about the court's negativity.


Aungelique Proctor@aungeliquefox5
12m12 minutes ago
Prosecutors will play jailhouse calls by #TexMciver. Defense has concerns about language used. @FOX5Atlanta

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
6m6 minutes ago
Back from lunch. #TexMcIver lawyer wants to redact some language from jail phone calls State expects to play--his comment, "I read the the judge is negative from the very first day, and everybody else thought he was going to do all right." He questions relevance @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
4m4 minutes ago
Judge will allow jurors to hear the entirety of the #TexMcIver jailhouse call, with no redaction.
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Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
4m4 minutes ago
Jill Hollander, chief senior ADA for Fulton County District Atty,, testifying about phone calls placed by #TexMcIver while incarcerated


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
9m9 minutes ago
First jail phone conversation for the jury to hear: An April 2017 call between #TexMcIver and his sister Dixie Martin. "How are you?" she asks. "Don't ask," he says. "I know. Bless your heart," she says. "I've been asked to tell you to back off the calls" @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
7m7 minutes ago
In call, #TexMcIver sister tells him to back off the interviews with reporters and phone calls.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
7m7 minutes ago
"All I do is talk about my faith and how much I love Diane," #TexMcIver said regarding his TV interviews. His sister, Dixie Martin, said his then-lawyer, Steve Maples, wanted him to stop giving interviews and "back off the phone calls"


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
6m6 minutes ago
"Steve lectures me so damn much," #TexMcIver, re, his former atty Steve Maples. He was desperate for attys to visit him, preferably then-co-counsel William Hill


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
4m4 minutes ago
"I am not doing well," #TexMcIver, from jail. I've got my own cell, my Bible and my reading glasses. Asked for $100 in cash and his "grief books"


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
4m4 minutes ago
In call, #TexMcIver tells sister he's not doing well, and they mentioned putting him on suicide watch. Says he needs to hear from his lawyers and they need to get him out of jail.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
#TexMcIver thanks his sister for "keeping the empire going" while he is in jail, during call.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
53s54 seconds ago
#TexMcIver said he could change his will, "Austin gets the ranch and a trust to support it"


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
49s50 seconds ago
In jail call, #TexMcIver's sister details indictment charges; adds, "They weren't happy about the interview you granted." "Who?" "Steve." "I've been at this a long time now--7 months." "I know, but they want you to back off everything--calling people & any interviews" @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
39s40 seconds ago
#TexMcIver tells sister if something happens to him in jail, his God-son gets the ranch, $500k and the trust to keep it going.



Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1m1 minute ago
#TexMcIver in jail call says he had an interview with a "friendly" Ch. 5 reporter, only talking about faith and love for Diane. He says he's going to turn down Ch. 46. "Tex, no more interviews! None!" sister says. @wsbradio
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
50s51 seconds ago
In second call, #TexMcIver tells Ann Schwall to call her ex, a judge, to get the ball rolling to get him out of jail.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
21s22 seconds ago
In a call to Anne Schwall, mother of Tex and Diane's godson, Austin, #TexMcIver asks her to ask her ex-husband, Judge Craig Schwall, "if there's anything he can do" to expedite his release from jail


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
#TexMcIver to friend in jailhouse call. "It ain't my favorite place."
Friend: "It's not the Ritz-Carlton," speaking of the #Fulton County jail.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
4m4 minutes ago
#TexMcIver sister says she talked to "Leslie" for a couple of hours, who told her "They are prepared to do whatever to help...they think that they're getting the farm." He says, "That was a long time ago before we had any spats." @wsbradio

Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
2m2 minutes ago
#TexMcIver in phone call to his brother, "The judge was negative from the very first day"


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
#TexMcIver to brother over phone: "God we had a good case. I read the judge's negative from the first day," speaking of judge who sent him back to jail.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
In jail call w/sister, #TexMcIver says, "I can always change my will but if anything happens to me in here, Austin gets ranch & trust to support it; Robbie gets $500K." In call with godson's mom, he asks her to see if her ex, Judge Schwall, can speed his release @wsbradio
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
State calls Bill Crane, PR agent to #TexMcIver and the basis for influencing a witness charge.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
1m1 minute ago
We've been waiting for this witness: Bill Crane, the former #TexMcIver spokesman, who gave this interview with the @ajc that set off a firestorm

Atlanta attorney says gun in his lap went off, striking his wife

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/atla...off-striking-his-wife/1pA2ZtJkQI94xnIr9J0zcL/

https://www.myajc.com/news/local/at...off-striking-his-wife/VIndocNxZRZz4AQr8ZRWBM/


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
4m4 minutes ago
Bill Crane testifies he's known #TexMcIver for the better part of three or four decades.

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
3m3 minutes ago
Crane testifies that #TexMcIver was known as a "fixer" in the legal community. "Tex always knows someone who knows someone."


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
3m3 minutes ago
State calls Bill Crane, who works in political analysis and public relations. He gives commentary on our station, @wsbradio. He's known #TexMcIver since he was a teenager; McIver was the Fisher Phillips lawyer who worked with his family. They've been friends 30+ years.

Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
3m3 minutes ago
Bill Crane, longtime friends w/ #TexMcIver, viewed him as a "mentor" and "fixer" Tex inevitably "knows someone who knows someone"


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
59s60 seconds ago
Bill Crane testifies that #TexMcIver is known as a "fixer," especially with bureaucracies after Republicans took over state agencies. He "always knows someone who knows someone." @wsbradio


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
2m2 minutes ago
On call w/ Bill Crane in the early morning hours of Sept 27th, two days after shooting, #TexMcIver lost his composure several times, was very upset.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Bill Crane testifies as "storm cloud" enveloped #TexMcIver, he offered to help him get a statement out to reporters.
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Bill Crane says he began calling all the numbers he had for #TexMcIver after getting a call about Diane's death. Says Tex was "very distraught" when he returned his call and "lost composure several times." Tex told him she was accidentally shot returning from farm @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1m1 minute ago
Bill Crane says he did not push or question #TexMcIver in their first series of calls, treating their interaction as a friend would. Crane says he regrets not taking notes, which he says he does in his professional roles. @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Crane testifies #TexMcIver expressed concern about unrest from #BlackLivesMatter protestors in the area where they got off the highway.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
Crane says #TexMcIver told him he wasn't sure if people under the overpass were homeless or protestors, but he asked for his gun.
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
32m32 minutes ago
Crane says he counseled #TexMcIver to let him send a statement to the @ajc and the #FultonDailyReport about his version of what happened.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
28m28 minutes ago
Bill Crane says on 9/27, #TexMcIver described the night: Said he'd nodded off; when they exited interstate & saw people, "He was concerned" about earlier protests & "wasn't sure if they were Black Lives Matter protesters, carjackers, or homeless people" & asked for gun @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
26m26 minutes ago
Crane says he called the print reporters and asked them to make changes to the stories. They agreed and attributed changes to him. #TexMcIver thought both stories would be "helpful" to his case, Crane says.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
23m23 minutes ago
Bill Crane testifies that #TexMcIver gave him contact information for certain news reporters to give them statements. On 9/29, a Fulton Daily Report writer had posted online a story w/"significant errors." BC read it to Tex, who asked Crane to focus on corrections @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
20m20 minutes ago
Crane reading an article in the #FultonDailyReport in which he's quoted discussing the #BlackLivesMatter allegations and #TexMcIver account of what he says happened.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
19m19 minutes ago
Bill Crane testifies that they went through similar process with AJC story. He read AND sent links to the stories to #TexMcIver, who "was satisfied and pleased...he'd approved the narrative to be shared... He felt that they would be helpful to his case" @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
17m17 minutes ago
Crane testifies reporter made an error in the #DailyReport article and said #TexMcIver had called 911 when he had not.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
16m16 minutes ago
Read along with Bill Crane, https://www.myajc.com/news/local/te...his-wife-was-accident/rTkc1qZ0lIzxjBagkJJtSO/ … #TexMcIver


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
15m15 minutes ago
Bill Crane reads the Daily Report article to the jury; it describes quoting Crane about the alleged "bump" that #TexMcIver said startled him awake, and the gun, still in his lap, discharged @wsbradio

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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
13m13 minutes ago
Crane testifies he was aware #TexMcIver was "getting flack" from his attorneys and law partners after stories ran in the paper.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
12m12 minutes ago
Bill Crane tells the jury that #TexMcIver thanked him for helping deliver the statements to the media and was pleased with them. When the AJC story hit, McIver began to get "flak" and "was dismayed" because he was sure they would help his case. Crane reads AJC story @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
11m11 minutes ago
Crane now reading an article from the @ajc in which he's quoted saying #TexMcIver was worried about #BlackLivesMatter protestors when they got off the highway.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
9m9 minutes ago
Crane says he never told the @ajc reporter #TexMcIver drove by the former homeless shelter on Peachtree and Pine Streets.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
8m8 minutes ago
Details of the AJC story Bill Crane says #TexMcIver approved include the reference to Black Lives Matter protesters; & a "bump" the SUV supposedly hit which startled him awake. Also this line: "'The couple had not been drinking,' Crane said." @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
7m7 minutes ago
Crane says story about #TexMcIver evolved into a story about a "rich white guy killing his wife for fear of Black Lives Matter," and pressure was put on him to counter the story.


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
3m3 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - The driver of the car that night, Dani Jo Carter, is in the gallery.

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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
3m3 minutes ago
Bill Crane says the story went internat'l & began to take a negative sensational spin w/racial angle--essentially, Rich White Guy Kills Wife For Fear Of Black Lives Matter Protesters. His & #TexMcIver's phones were "blowing up;" Tex's firm said they were losing business @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
Crane testifies #TexMcIver said his lawyers told him the #BLM comments in the paper were "killing him."


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
25m25 minutes ago
Crane testifies he told #TexMcIver he shouldn't change his story because it would only hurt him in the long-run. At first, he says McIver was ok with that.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
22m22 minutes ago
Bill Crane says #TexMcIver was concerned about negative blowback: "My lawyers are telling me this Black Lives Matter comment is killing me." Tex told him that not all the lawyers in his firm are as conservative as he is and some markets the firm served were not either @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
18m18 minutes ago
Bill Crane says he counseled #TexMcIver that if you take out the BLM reference, then you're left with essentially, Tex is afraid of homeless people--which based on history makes no sense. Crane told him if you start changing story now, it'll cause you a bigger problem @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
18m18 minutes ago
Crane says #TexMcIver told him he didn't say anything about #BLM and asked him to retract the statement. Crane told him "you can't put the genie back in the bottle."


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
17m17 minutes ago
Bill Crane says after being pleased with stories at first, #TexMcIver's view of his Black Lives Matter reference evolved: "Are you sure I said that?" then, "I didn't say that." Told Crane to retract it. Crane advised him, "You can't put the genie back in the bottle." @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
12m12 minutes ago
Bill Crane says he was & is willing to do a lot to help his friend, but was NOT willing to lie & put his own reputation at risk for something that #TexMcIver said to him...that Tex vetted & OKd as being helpful. Told him several times it's "a line I wasn't gonna cross" @wsbradio

Break
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
7m7 minutes ago
Jury's back. Prosecutor Clint Rucker asks Bill Crane about being invited by Jay Grover to the company memorial for Diane McIver. Crane was friends with the couple; met Diane professionally first, but closer/longer friends w/#TexMcIver. @wsbradio

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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Bill Crane tells jurors that at the company memorial for Diane, #TexMcIver asked him to "fall on his sword" and take back the statement to the media; he demonstrates how McIver couldn't make eye contact with him when he asked. Crane said he told him no, yet again @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1m1 minute ago
Bill Crane says he told #TexMcIver that he was sorry the Black Lives Matter comment was causing him trouble, but he was not willing to lie to take it back because that's what Tex told him & he'd already "damaged myself" telling media the McIvers hadn't been drinking @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
1m1 minute ago
Bill Crane says he & #TexMcIver met for lunch on Roasters patio. McIver asked him yet again, again w/out eye contact, to take back statement; Crane again said No. Judge Craig Schwall called Tex, who told Crane that he'd just learned arrest warrants were being taken out @wsbradio

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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
38s39 seconds ago
Bill Crane testifies about what #TexMcIver told him happened in the SUV before shooting Diane: He was "laid gun on lap against his abdomen;" had been sleeping semi-prone and was in semi-conscious/sleeping state; that he "heard a sound, hit the bump & the gun discharged" @wsbradio

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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Cross of Bill Crane begins with #TexMcIver lawyer Don Samuel: McIver ask you to talk to police or DA? No, Crane says. Just to deal with press? Correct, says Crane. In Sept or Oct., he never asked you to lie to police, DA, or Court? Correct. @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Crane testifies #TexMcIver never asked him to retract statements to law enforcement or the DA.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
40s40 seconds ago
Defense: When #TexMcIver explained being scared about people near SUV--homeless, maybe carjackers, he was speculating?: "I didn't know who they were; maybe Black Lives Matter protesters?" "Yes," says Crane, "& I think justifiably concerned." Tex didn't SAY it was BLM @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
3m3 minutes ago
Don Samuel suggests the story that ended up in the national media about #TexMcIver was like a bad version of the "Onion" or a "Saturday Night Live" newscast.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Bill Crane agrees with defense contention that #TexMcIver's Black Lives Matter comment going viral made it a perceived racial story; out of context. Then lawyer Don Samuel compares it to an article from The Onion or skit from Saturday Night Live. @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
Crane testifies #TexMcIver never blamed #BLM protestors for his wife's death or implied they had anything to do with it.
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Redirect: What'd #TexMcIver ask you to do? Bill Crane: "Take it back; fall on your sword; say you said it; say you were mistaken and I didn't say it" To lie?, asks State. "If I had done it, it would've been a lie." @wsbradio

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
18m18 minutes ago
Former #TexMcIver spokesman Bill Crane says yes, in his profession, in trying to influence media coverage you're trying to influence perception. People who read stories include police, asks State? Yes. Prosecutors? Yes. @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
15m15 minutes ago
Did #TexMcIver tell you when he shot his wife Diane, he was no longer a law partner w/big salary cut? "Quite the opposite...spoke often of his wealth as being twice hers; his income and net worth, twice hers." Bill Crane says he never asked, McIver would just offer it @wsbradio

Court ends for the day.
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[YESorNO]

I'm guessing he's hiding the fact that he can't genuinely cry for Diane but knows he should be crying. At some point, it would be good for the jury to see him show some actual tears, right? If he covers his face, it looks like he's hiding tears to appear "manly." I might be wrong, but it's reminiscent of his words in the hospital when he couldn't cry then either: "I'm trying not to cry." I'm doing this on purpose, everyone!

Why would a grown man not cry if he shot his wife accidentally? He seems incredibly emotionally immature to say a thing like this AND to be so rude to a doctor who doesn't want you to pass out and hit your head over the horrible news he's about to deliver. The doctor needn't have worried. These kinds of things make me think he's stunted enough to a) think he could get away with this and b) not come up with a better solution to his problems in the first place. Sleeping with the masseuse in his bed and attending the police interviewwith her didn't help matters, either.

Lauren Pozen WSB@LaurenPozenWSB
1m1 minute ago
Tex McIver in tears as the Atlanta attorney’s murder trial for killing his wife gets underway: http://2wsb.tv/2FHlQSr Complete coverage from the courthouse, starting at 4 on Channel 2.

(this pic is not from today's court proceedings- Tex's tie is different- but the tweet is from today-

Tex McIver tears up in court during opening statements
By: Mike Petchenik

Updated: Mar 13, 2018 - 8:32 PM..."

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/at...underway-in-tex-mciver-murder-trial/715222167...)

Fake tears..real tears...:thinking:... I don't know...:dunno: