Is there a transcript of the state's opening statement? I looked everywhere!
I am ready for cross!!!
(puuulease let it start tomorrow!)
I don't think it will begin tomorrow. I wish!!!
BBM! There were a few moments of "Objection: asked and answered" goodness today. I'm so looking forward to cross.
That's when you are going to hear a bunch of objections. "Indignant" objections. The defense will act appalled at the "ridiculous" questions during cross. And we will know they are squirming when that happens.
Soo I haven't watched any testimony (been at school starting at 9am, and working til 11pm, booo) is it worth me staying up late tonight watching? I have full intentions of watching tomorrow though!!
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Tomorrow will be the most important day. You can probably just read KMouse and Wenwe's recaps.
You know, this pedophile thing is absolutely not working. It is my understanding that pedophiles pretty much stay within one sex. Either they prefer boys OR girls. Jodi and her attorney are all over the map on this and it's just plain gross and despicable to accuse the murder victim who is not there to defend himself.
Seriously. I mean, there are some pedos who like both boys and girls but that's not typical and neither is a pedo who exhibits Travis' obvious enthusiasm for sex with grown women.
I really hope this enrages the jury.
Thanks gitana1 - that makes sense. It just seems like Nurmi is getting so much latitude. Was Baez able to dictate breaks, and how late court went? I don't remember that.
LoL, maybe the judge just gets so sick of listening to him she jumps at the suggestion :lol:.
Nurmi is not dictating breaks. He is indicating, when a break is looming, that it would be a good place for him to stop. So let's say it is 4:29 p.m. Instead of segueing into a different line of questioning, the attorney will alert the judge that "this is a good place to stop." That happens all the time and is not a favor to the attorney, really. It just helps with flow.
It would be different if Nurmi told the judge at 3:45 p.m. that it was time to stop for the day and she agreed. That hasn't happened.
I agree wholeheartedly....as does my niece who is a court reporter. Said she has never seen a judge allow some of the happening ....ie: the defense attorney constantly going back and forth from one date/event to another and back again is coming from either an inexperienced attorney or one who is trying to confuse/mislead the jury. She said most judges would let the attorney know to get his act together, and do it quickly. She said she has never seen a judge allow a defendant to write a book for each answer and lastly she said she has never seen a judge allow the defense attorney to blatantly lead the defendant and/or testify for the defendant. In my nieces' words this is a fuster cluck. She asked if this is the judges first DP trial? Does anyone know??
Well, in small cases like my family law cases, a judge may indicate, "Listen, move off this line of questioning. I don't care about this." Or they may interject stating that there is a problem with flow or whatever.
That would never happen in a murder trial, especially not in a death penalty case.
And again, the judge is not going to object on behalf of the prosecution. The only time I have seen a judge stop an attorney from leading or a witness or party from uttering hearsay is when the other side is not represented.
Yes, I think if Juan Martinez objected more often, the judge would sustain those objections. But, he hasn't so the judge has zero reason to step in.
And if Martinez is not worried, I;m not going to be too much either. He is a rock star. He seems as satisfied as a cat with a bowl full of cream.
I don't think jodi's attempts to defend against murder are working at all at this point. (But I did cross myself a few times after typing that, just in case!!!)
