MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #30 Retrial

[ShadyLady]

He said if the vehicle was going more than 8 mph it would likely break the taillight. Under direct.

Hitting a brick wall, right? Not soft flesh.

 

[Izzylizzy]

AARCA's first report was free via FBI.
My understanding is that they are basically using the same report but adding a rebuttal to this Aperture nonsense.
So I am suspecting that the AARCA cost for the project to be much lower than Aperture.
JMO

$24,000 on record to date.

Karen Read case: Defense confirms it paid crash experts hired by FBI after trial​

FBI crash experts were not ‘wholly independent,’ Karen Read prosecutors say

An attorney for Karen Read admitted she paid a nearly $24,000 bill from two experts hired by the federal government, but said it came "out of the blue."

www.masslive.com

 

[mrjitty]

Alessi's lack of criminal trial experience has really cost the defence today.

I always felt it was a questionable decision to give such a key role to an attorney whose experience is all in big litigation. He doesn't have the chops for a jury in a murder case in the way AJ does. Alessi is responsible for the DiSorga mess, and now he's spending all day drawing attention to his client driving 24 mph in reverse.

He ought to have had a hit list of points, come in for an hour or two and hit those points and end it.

All IMO.

 

[missy1974]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1927794080370634876

 

[tara83]

I would say that this is the first witness that's got the better of the defense lawyer cross examining him.
He's not like the other lame CW witnesses that clearly had an agenda.
I don't see that here. Just a dweeby, anal-retentive type of personality who honestly (in his mind) answers the questions and those answers are not what the defense lawyer is looking for.

I couldn't disagree with you more. He's refusing to answer and even changing questions.

 

[kuromiiiilove]

I thought Alessi was guaranteed a ‘robust cross’ by Judge Cannone?

 

[missy1974]

Alessi's lack of criminal trial experience has really cost the defence today.

I always felt it was a questionable decision to give such a key role to an attorney whose experience is all in big litigation. He doesn't have the chops for a jury in a murder case in the way AJ does. Alessi is responsible for the DiSorga mess, and now he's spent all day drawing attention to his client driving 24 mph in reverse.

He ought to have had a hit list of points, come in for an hour or two and hit those points and ended it.

All IMO.

Totally disagree.

If he would just answer the dang questions and stop trying to answer before the question is even asked, this would probably go much smoother. I don't think the length of this testimony is going to be blamed on Alessi in the jurors eyes.. ..this is on Welcher IMO

I was looking forward to this testimony to find out what the CW thinks happened. This has been extremely underwhelming for the CW's case.

 

[jepop]

Yes, he's using classic redirection to distract from directly answering questions. Seems obvious to me. Jmo

I couldn't disagree with you more. He's refusing to answer and even changing questions.

 

[Younger Sister]

I thought Alessi was guaranteed a ‘robust cross’ by Judge Cannone?

That is what heard...but I thought " we will believe it when we see it"......

 

[Oakland CA]

I also don't care for the way the Alessi deflects or just moves on with no acknowledgement on the two or three instances where the witness had to either correct Alessi or point out that what he just said was false or wrong.

Disappointing cross examination from Alessi IMO, especially after he did so well in discrediting all the other crown witnesses to date.

 

[missy1974]

Alessi's lack of criminal trial experience has really cost the defence today.

I always felt it was a questionable decision to give such a key role to an attorney whose experience is all in big litigation. He doesn't have the chops for a jury in a murder case in the way AJ does. Alessi is responsible for the DiSorga mess, and now he's spending all day drawing attention to his client driving 24 mph in reverse.

He ought to have had a hit list of points, come in for an hour or two and hit those points and end it.

All IMO.

Explain to me the DiSogra mess? I know you keep saying that he used the call logs, but it's my understanding that he just responded to Burgess' report that USED the call logs and that is why Burgess said he amended his report.

Are you still assuming that the defense has agreed about key cycle 1162? Because after Alessi's questions this morning... I do not think so.

wrong trip, with wrong key cycle, then you can get the wrong time of the event... Welcher agreed.

 

[cocomod]

I hope the defense asks him why there was no DNA on the light since he brought up DNA in closing with the CW

 

[tara83]

I also don't care for the way the Alessi deflects or just moves on with no acknowledgement on the two or three instances where the witness had to either correct Alessi or point out that what he just said was false or wrong.

Disappointing cross examination from Alessi IMO, especially after he did so well in discrediting all the other crown witnesses to date.

But no problem with the witness deflecting by bringing up pens and beds so he won't have to answer a question?

 

[Oakland CA]

This should be fun.
Alessi should be able to totally discredit the Blue Man Group test.

 

[missy1974]

so basically he didn't do the testing in case the testing didn't show what they wanted because then he'd have to defend it in court?

Okie dokie then.

 

[Oakland CA]

But no problem with the witness deflecting by bringing up pens and beds so he won't have to answer a question?

Not at all. Not trying to mislead like previous defense witnesses.
I think this witness is legitimately trying to explain things to the jury in layman's terms.

 

[MerlinFalcon]

I do think Alessi is somewhat rattled but this guy is rude. If you’re confident in your work you should be able to just answer the questions.

 

[Angelwatch]

Welcher didn't test at 20 mph because he might get unexpected results he'd have to defend in court!! So he just skipped right on over testing.

 

[BUF]

JMO, but I am finding Welcher arrogantly rude and not even wanting to listen to him anymore. Could jurors be feeling the same?

 

[Amber29]

so basically he didn't do the testing in case the testing didn't show what they wanted because then he'd have to defend it in court?

Okie dokie then.

I honestly can’t believe he said that, I hope the jury understood it that way because I certainly did.