VERDICT WATCH NY - Dr. Mary Yoder, 60, fatally poisoned, Whitesboro, 22 July 2015

[Niner]

Finally back - but I'm afraid to open another tab (tweets).... We shall see... If I don't come back right away - you'll know it didn't work! LOL!

 

[Harmony 2]

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor Adam excluded as DNA contributor on vial. If he carried it around & put it under his seat, where's his DNA?

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Final DNA on bottle of colchicine-1.20 quadrillion times more likely to have originated from Conley

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: remember type of research done. She wasn't looking up practical jokes . She was looking up ways to chemically kill someone.

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: if your intent is to make someone sick, why the frame? Only necessary if your purpose is to leave a body

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecution: when you think of intent, think of what she did to cover her tracks. Framing Adam.

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza: if you're adam, why are those files deleted from her actual device? If adam were posioner? What would he have to gain from this

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecution: motive now

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 13m13 minutes ago

Coluzza - what you’ve heard over the last three weeks, is that an incomplete investigation?

Coluzza - leading police to Adam’s Jeep was another miscalculation - receipt led police to gmail, which led to a lot of electronic evidence.

Coluzza - Dec 16 - 1st interview with Conley - she denies knowing anything about colchicine

Coluzza - Dec 21 - 2nd interview w/ Conley - she admits to writing anonymous letter - but won’t admit to accessing gmail account

Coluzza - “That account (MrAdamYoder1990) hangs like a millstone around the defendant”

Coluzza - Feb 5 - final police interview with Conley - still denying writing the draft of the anonymous letter

Coluzza - Feb 8 - scientists find Conley’s DNA on cardboard wrapper around colchicine bottle

Coluzza - Conley’s DNA profile matched profile found on the colchicine bottle


vv Love this one!

Judge yells at Policelli - telling him to stop the smiling, facial expressions, etc. Policelli says he can’t help it.

 

[Harmony 2]

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza talking about motive. You sometimes don't get the answer why

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: sometimes you don't get answers as to why. That's 1 of the reasons it's not required to be proven in murder

 

[Harmony 2]

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza: revenge means hurting someone. And there are many ways to hurt someone

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Hurting someone by hurting who and what they love. Making them live with the guilt

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza: motive isn't that obscure here. Revenge is a dish best served cold

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: but I would submit to you that motive not too obscure. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Old as human history

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecution: this particular dish is served right out of the ice box

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago

Coluzza - The defendant was looking up ways to toxically kill someone - not just make someone sick for a weekend - consider intent

Coluzza - you’d only frame someone if you know the police will get involved - why the frame?

Coluzza - talking about motive - some times you don’t ever know why - but motive here is not that obscure.

Coluzza - “revenge is a dish best serve cold” - Conley’s motive

Coluzza - motive - hurting someone by hurting the people they love.

Coluzza - “And this dish is served right out of the ice box.”


so far so good! nline:

 

[YESorNO]

Prosecutor is very thorough, IMO.

Nothing that the defense stating in his closing convinced me that Conley didn't do it.

 

[Niner]

Cara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 1m1 minute ago

Coluzza - asks jury to consider 10 questions - who created gmail account, who’s cell phone accessed account & did Poison research

Coluzza - who signed for package of colchicine, who was with victim during window of time she was poisoned

Coluzza - who wrote the anonymous letter, who bought prepaid cards used to purchase colchicine

Coluzza - “the woman sitting in that chair.”

Coluzza - consider the evidence cumulatively - not just one piece at a time

Coluzza - Conley says during her police interview that she is smart, but she miscalculated throughout this crime.




Great closing for the State from what I'm reading!

 

[Bravo]

Praying she never gets the chance to fulfill her dream of becoming a wife and Mother!

 

[Niner]

Prosecutor is very thorough, IMO.

Nothing that the defense stating in his closing convinced me that Conley didn't do it.

Me neither! Nice to see you here YorN! :wave:

GUILTY!! :judge:

 

[Harmony 2]

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza going over answers to 10 questions asked by Laurie Lisi in opening statements

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza's answer to all; "the woman sitting in that chair."

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza: the defendant is smart. She is calculated. But she miscalculated in this crime

 

[YESorNO]

Ditto- Guilty!!!

 

[Harmony 2]

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecution: evidence isn't considered in a vacuum. Consider totality of evidence.

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecution: murder is the only conclusion.

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: defendant in interview talks about how smart she is. Thought she was 1 step ahead of everyone else

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: remember her saying she'd have gotten rid of her phone. Lot of confidence in her deletion abilities. She's not a forensic expert

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza: the defendant is smart. She is calculated. But she miscalculated in this crime

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza puts down all the documents Conley deleted before handing her phone to investigators

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor: all defendant does is talk about herself. Showing despair at being discovered. No tears, sympathy for Mary

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza: Conley only talked about herself in the February interview. her plans will now change.

 

[Harmony 2]

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecution: this is a crime of true darkness. Darkness can sometinesc feel in the most unlikely places. In heart & mind of woman in chair

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Prosecutor plays Conley words printed on monitor . I want to finish college & have children. I have so much going for me. My life is over

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Coluzza saying let's give the defendant the last words- plays a slide with everything she said in the interviews with investigators

 

[Niner]

ara Thomas‏ @CaraThomasNews 2m2 minutes ago

Coluzza - Conley said during interview that if she knew her phone was so connected, she would have gotten rid of it

Coluzza - Conley has a lot of confidence in her deletion skills, but she’s not a forensic expert

Coluzza going through things Conley deleted off her phone - she thought she had her bases covered - thought Adam would delete the backup

Coluzza - we submit that Conley is showing despair during interview b/c she was discovered

Coluzza - Her thoughts of despair were only about her life that will change.

Coluzza - I will let the defendant have the last words - playing quotes from Conley’s interview with police on the screens

"This is my whole life. I have people who love me. I want to be a mom so bad. #ConleyRetrial

edited to add last tweet:






Coluzza finishes his closing arguments. Jury dismissed for a 10 minute break.

 

[Harmony 2]

Joleen Ferris‏ @joleenferris
Now audio. "they say it's a lady's weapon". Prosecution finished. Brief break. Not sure yet if judge charging jury today

 

[Niner]

Now do we have jury instructions? If so, then I have to go....

more relatives coming over - how come SO late??!!! :gaah: They were supposed to be here 2 hours ago...

I'll catch up later!

 

[Harmony 2]

I wonder if Coluzza likes brownies because wow he gets brownie points for that awesome closing... very powerful.

 

[Harmony 2]

Now do we have jury instructions? If so, then I have to go....

more relatives coming over - how come SO late??!!! :gaah: They were supposed to be here 2 hours ago...

I'll catch up later!

I don't think we usually tweet the jury instructions.. I have to go offline in about 35 minutes.. so I hope he does it tomorrow.

 

[Harmony 2]

Rocco LaDuca‏ @RoccoLaDuca
*ADA Mike Coluzza just wrapped up closing, at 2 hrs 50 mins - ending w vid of Kaitlyn saying: "Poison is a lady's weapon"

Julia LeBlanc WUTR‏ @jleblanc_WUTR
Closing argument done. Brief break for court