This is what I have on juror questions for Geff--in case anyone wants to compare and contrast...
1. Are other incarcerated individuals included in norms tests? RG: usually they are not in the norms tests. Some tests look at the MMPI with incarcerated individuals. The general norms group would not include inmates.
2. Many tests were administered many years after incarceration. How accurate are the test results? RG: That's a good question. If looking at overall pattern of functioning, it wouldn't matter as much--those are general tests. I'm looking for consistency. In an ideal situation, we would have had testing before and after incarceration. A diagnostic impression is almost all inference.
3. Depression, anxiety and PTSD would manifest in jail. How can you tell the occurred before? RG: Yes, they can occur in jail. But based on history and people who knew her, there was depression. Darryl says there was a sadness at times. Personality tests look at a person throughout their lives. The say of the death caused a traumatic reaction. The question is whether there was anything else. RG lists other factors of prior abuse that validate these before the murder.
4. How likely is it that JA intentionally scored low on aggressiveness knowing these results would be shown in court? RG: There are a lot of questions that go into each scale. Can someone take one scale and figure out which questions apply to? It is unlikely. She was administered 28 validity scales from all sorts of tests including malingering. What are the odds she can make the validity the same? Unlikely.
5. About TA masturbating to pictures of male child, other than the verbal allegation reported far later, is there any other corroboration in the record? RG: I don't believe so but there is some "indirect corroboration"--like witness #1. There is no direct corroboration.
6. Do you find it odd that someone who journals like she did would not have some reference to the incident? RG: I can't say it's typical or not how someone writes in a journal... There's the issue of dissociation too.
7. I understand the cycle of abuse. How is she choosing to continue contact considering the emotional abuse? RG: That's the problem. With DV victims, there's this hope for change that it won't happen again. There's also the learned helplessness where you don't see a way out.
8. Do the records show that other significant things were happening that were not being written about? RG: The journals are not a blow by blow of every day. There were lots of details that were not in the journal. Can't recall any major significant events in her journal. It's really her perception of significant.
9. Were the IM messages from 12/07 where he is calling her pure evil in the journal? RG: I don't recall right now but I don't recall it being in the journal. In Jan. 08, she starts saying some things.
10. Did JA know that TA was seeing Lisa Andrews when he proposed again in January? RG: I don't think it was January. I don't remember when. She was pulling away in January.
11. In your interviews with JA did you ask why she uses T-dogg sometime and Travis other times? RG: Yes, T-dogg was the more macho man; the sexual part of him.
12.Who was the intended recipient of the coded magazines? RG: I have no idea. A friend or something.
13. Is JA's PTSD centered more on her relationship with TA or her past? RG: It's all tied up. A child victim is at greater risk of being victim of DV later in life. Vulnerability.
14. Did you find anywhere in the info supporting documentation that there was a physical altercation on 1/22/08 or is it only from JA? RG: It came from JA. The only thing we know is the apology after.
15. Is it your opinion that DV/physical abuse took place? Yes
16. Why do you think that in May 2008, she writes as if she is stronger and wants to move on but in reality is doing the opposite? RG: It's part of being sucked back in. She still has strong feelings for him.
17. It may seem to the lay person that the scores on the objective tests are the result of committing the murder. Are there indicators to determine if symptoms were present prior to the murder? RG: The only thing is history (what other people say) and journals/writings. If there was no other history of abuse, then I'd be confident saying it this incident alone.
18. On 12/18/14, a witness explained that TA yelling was powerful enough for JA to write about it. Can you explain why she would write in her journal about the yelling despite the Law of Attraction but not other abuse? RG: Writing was only toward the end.
19. Wouldn't the writings of suicide also violate the Laws of Attraction? RG: I didn't ask her that. I would view it as negative.
20. Did the incidents in the journal really happen? Any other evidence? RG: No, not really. We had some people saying she was different and something caused it. Matt saw bruises and he told her to get a restraining order but she said she was moving in two days.
21. Are there entries in JA's journal after the murder? RG: Yes.
22. What do they say about her state of mind? RG: It's pretty mixed--a lot of emotion and discussing the relationship they had.
23. Is it typical of a heterosexual man to viewincluding child
24. Was JA right or left handed IIRC was the ?: RG: JA is left handed.
25. Did TA ever talk to JA about attraction to children before the masturbation incident? RG: After. He also told her he was sexually abused.
26. Do you find it surprising she would have sex with him after this incident? RG: I would like to think I'm surprised but after 30 years not much surprises me. In her view, if he's having sex with her.
27. Did JA ever admit ????
28. How many days did the 1st female psych interview her? RG: 2 days
29. Were notes were handwritten or typed? Both but now RG says the April 29 was not.
30. How long can someone stay in a dissociated state? RG: Depends on the person. Can be a very long time and not know what you're doing. Some are brief--day dreaming.
31. Do people still functioning normally during dissociative times? RG: Could be. Some traumas can be blocked out and you go on day to day. Could affect one in other ways--nightmares, body reacts to a trigger,
32. How do you discriminate between the two DAPS tests where she answers about before and after the murder? RG: The only thing we do is ask her to go back in time then how the events are affecting her now.
Thank you!!! They were great questions then, a better witness now, and the same jury asking questions today. Definitely ok, imo.
