SC - Paul Murdaugh & mom Margaret Found Shot To Death - Alex Murdaugh Accused - Islandton #27

[arielilane]

Now for re-cross

 

[Regal Beagle]

I’m sure AM wants to tell MB to zip it!!!!!!

I think JG wants to tell him the same thing

 

[sunshineray]

IMO, the death penalty limits the jury, and the prosecution wants to ensure a conviction. IMO, by not having the jury make a decision to end someone’s life (death penalty) may also keep the possibility of a hung jury minimal.

JMO

I agree, let him try and use his great social skills in prison for the rest of his days.

 

[Gardenista]

So there was a golf cart parked in front of the house that night. That solves that question. Is he the first person to testify to this?

I believe it's the first time we've heard about the location of the golf court. Definitely caught my attention.

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

If they couldn't talk about the financial crimes I think this trial would have been 3 days long.

 

[HawthorneJuniper]

right..... on cross, this defense witness forgot he shouldnt provide/volunteer an answer or explanation to a question not asked. IMO, he went off script.

IMO lawyers make the WORST witnesses. I'm in house but have had to prepare employee witnesses for depositions. Occasionally that included another lawyer-OMG-they assume since they are lawyers they are naturally able to properly answer questions. They were almost always wrong. They could basically never just answer the question. I've always been careful to not ever BE a witness cause I'd probably stink at it too.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628441298075090945

 

[sunshineray]

Ball on his initial reaction to the September 2021 roadside shooting “That jackass killed himself.”

IMO, that would be a common thought process under the circumstances.

And then when he heard the story AM was telling he said to himself no way in hades.

 

[makayla]

And the defense will say that the AM that everyone knew was no longer the same person because he was addicted to opioids!

 

[Regal Beagle]

What is JG trying imply by asking MB, "you know this is a murder trial?"

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AveryGWilks

Griffin on redirect: AM has been charged with the financial crimes. “And you know this is a murder case.” Ball: “Yes.”

Ball: AM came into his office periodically to read sympathy notes. But he was not in the right mind to work. We all sat down and talked about it as partners to decide what to do because there were deadlines and work that needed to be done on his cases. …

Ball: We talked about delicately stepping in on some of his cases to keep things moving along.

Griffin then seeks to answer why AM might not have seemed like he was trying to find Maggie/Paul’s killer: He was already under scrutiny in a state grand jury investigation into alleged obstruction of justice by the Murdaughs in the 2019 boat crash case.

Griffin is now trying to explain why Murdaugh might have left his phone at the Moselle main house before going down to the dog kennels on 6/7/21. Ball says the cell service was spotty around Moselle, including by the kennels.

Griffin asks why Ball thought the “jackass” had killed himself when he learned of the roadside shooting. Ball said he thought that because of what was about to come out about his thefts and ouster from the law firm. Ball also had been worried about AM’s mental health since 6/7/21

Griffin asks if PMPED was concerned that AM might go on a murderous rampage after they kicked him out of the law firm. Ball said that wasn’t a concern. But he also says he clearly didn’t know AM.

Ball: I spent 34 years at PMPED. Now it’s gone. We had to do all kinds of stuff, pay people back, and change its name because of what AM did. “I’m mad as hell. You just don’t know how mad I am.”

Griffin: “Are you aware that he had $12 million in life insurance?” Ball: “I don’t know what he had. … Quite frankly, I’d have to see it to believe it.”

Several of these witnesses - none more so than Ball - are pissed-off hand grenades the two sides are passing back and forth until they blow up in someone’s face.

Waters: You were asked if AM cooperated with law enforcement. But he never told investigators he was down by the dog kennels on the night of 6/7/21, did he. Ball: “I don’t know what he told law enforcement” other than what’s been out there.

Waters: But he told you three times he was never there. Ball: “That’s correct.” Ball steps down from the witness stand.

The state's 6th witness is Charleston attorney Dawes Cooke Jr., who is now defending AM in the boat crash case. He is being questioned by defense attorney Maggie Fox, making her first appearance in this trial.

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Worse! It’s a car that doesn’t need the tire to be changed on the spot ‘running tires’
AM forgot that detail. No need for a spare.

Yes, I believe they are also sometimes called ‘run-flat’ tires.

 

[clearskies1]

IMO lawyers make the WORST witnesses. I'm in house but have had to prepare employee witnesses for depositions. Occasionally that included another lawyer-OMG-they assume since they are lawyers they are naturally able to properly answer questions. They were almost always wrong. They could basically never just answer the question. I've always been careful to not ever BE a witness cause I'd probably stink at it too.

Case in point: Mark Tinsely. JMO.

 

[BUF]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628441298075090945

How bizarre that AM’s lawyer for the boat case is testifying

 

[Warwick7]

Good morning all. Looks like the Judge will not issue an order telling the Prosecutors what they can ask.

I know I am way behind, but I LOVE THIS!!!!!

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1628441241594519553

Cooke represents #AlexMurdaugh in the boat case.

 

[Batman's Mommy]

I believe it's the first time we've heard about the location of the golf court. Definitely caught my attention.

This is huge, IMO

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

That's The Kubrick Stare!!! For those that don't know....

Kubrick stare (plural Kubrick stares) The act of looking at the viewer with head tilted downward and eyes peering upward from beneath the eyebrows.

See The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A Clockwork Orange, and a host of other films!

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Don’t forget Eyes Wide Shut.

 

[Chelly]

I am so impressed with Attorney Waters. He excels every single day in both direct and cross examination.

 

[Boodles]

Case in point: Mark Tinsely. JMO.

Who’s in the house today, first row behind prosecution team