TRIAL - Ross Harris #1

[PaperDoll]

I'm thinking that the defense is trying to get the sexting and cellphone evidence thrown out. JMO

Hopefully that won't happen. Ross is claiming he forgot, and, IMO, I want to know why/how he forgot and in order to do that, I want to know all the details of that day and that includes his texts, phone calls etc.

 

[blue22]

i want to know what was on leanna's computer. are they going to go in to that as well?

I'm sure they will go into it ad-nauseam on direct and defense cross. I think they have to go through how the information extracted, before they can talk about specific evidence. It's technical and long winded, but they have to. Unfortunately for us, lol!

 

[DexterMorgan]

I wonder why Leanne was allowing Ross to take Cooper to school late on a regular basis?

And why is he picking up food for teachers on days he is running late for work?

I bet these were women teachers. Jmo

 

[Hope4More]

I thought they already tried and it's been allowed.

Exactly. The defense is objecting to the State's admission of each piece of evidence relating to sexting, etc., in order to preserve the issue (admissibility of this evidence) on appeal.

The DT objects, Staley overrules, voila, the legal issue is preserved (put on the record).

 

[PaperDoll]

Regarding Leannes laptop, before I got my own I was using hubby's so it would be hard to prove who searched what and in this case not really sure if it matters???? maybe???? What I'm saying is maybe Ross and Leanne shared the laptop, just sayin :thinking:

 

[DaleTray]

I wonder why Leanne was allowing Ross to take Cooper to school late on a regular basis?

And why is he picking up food for teachers on days he is running late for work?

I bet these were women teachers. Jmo

He didnt pick up food voluntarily. School staff asked him to pick it up

 

[Bambina]

Do Ross and Leanna still visit/communicate? I think the divorce is strategic and was recommended by his defence team. If they were still married, the jury could do away with Leanna's testimony believing she would do or say anything for Ross (still standing by him despite the cheating). But to testify on his behalf after a divorce would have more impact.

 

[blue22]

Exactly. The defense is objecting to the State's admission of each piece of evidence relating to sexting, etc., in order to preserve the issue (admissibility of this evidence) on appeal.

The DT objects, Staley overrules, voila, the legal issue is preserved (put on the record).

This is a part of trials that goes right over my head. Please bear with me!

So...the evidence has been allowed in this trial, which was contested by the defense (being noted and preserved,) and that ruling can be used when appealing. (If an appeal is needed.) Am I understanding that right?

 

[Hope4More]

I certainly don't claim to know. Hence why I said "I don't think." It's simply my opinion. I don't **think** an entire jury can be convinced given the circumstances of the morning and the short time frame, that Cooper fell asleep. I also don't **think** a jury will find Cooper falling asleep a reasonable justification of Ross forgetting Cooper in a matter of minutes, and forgetting to take him to daycare...which is routine for him. It's my opinion, I'm only presenting it as that.

Moving on.

I have a feeling the jury will spend a looooooong time arguing back and forth about the forgetting and Cooper asleep or not and could RH see Cooper from the front seat. All the same things we keep discussing here, because imo they are at the heart of all the charges against RH that relate to Cooper's death.

 

[jamiect]

Ross Harris Trial ‏@RossHarrisTrial 1m1 minute ago
Yeager says Harris typed in the URL http://reddit.com/r/childfree and also clicked on things with the term "childfree"

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏
Nothing regarding "child free or child abuse" is related 2 Leanna Harris. She's not a suspect according to defense.

Cathy ‏@courtchatter
#RossHarris - Nothing was found on Leanna Harris's laptop having to do with child free, etc

Jen's Trial Diaries
The analyst didn't look at all 1.4 trillion characters on the devises.The analyst is focusing on files that reflect the users activity

Cathy
#RossHarris - Yeager didn't look for searches for "in car deaths"

Ross Harris Trial
The defense believes relevant information was omitted from the high tech CSI's investigation

Veronica Waters ‏
#RossHarris lawyer asks Yeager if he was told JRH searched for child deaths in vehicles/what temp it needs to occur. He says no

 

[ScotAng]

RH dropped off Cooper at daycare, Leanne picked him up, who knows beyond that which parent had Cooper in the car most often. Car seats were needed in both cars. Leanne took the new seat with her--with Cooper presumably in it- out of state. I get the definite sense things were at that point extremely not ok in their marriage.

The explanation could be as simple and undramatic as the two of them not communicating very well or happily, and Leanne wanting to keep the big seat because she would be driving Cooper around more than Ross.

It's possible. Cooper was away for most of the day, though. RH's bigger car iirc (actually spec, though pretty sure that was stated, will check) was the family car, therefore it makes sense that should be the car the baby travels in most often. Unless she took Cooper for drives in the evenings and weekends, by herself ...

I could believe a breakdown in communication, considering what we know, to date, of the marriage. If it weren't for the (alleged) fact a hot car child-death was a big fear of them both. That LH immediately leapt to the assumption that's exactly what happened, yet without hesitation 'stood by her man', and chose to go straight to him rather than to see and hold her son for potentially the last time. Words spoken when they were re-united. No breakdown in communication there. The lot of it, it's just too many leaps for me.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Yeager says he found Ross Harris has accessed Reddit five times using the term "childfree" on his work computer.

Yeager says Harris specifically typed into the browser reddit.com/r/childfree. The other four times were just things he clicked on in connection with that initial search.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/457089519

 

[HappyAsALark]

she's been subpoenaed, correct? i think that heifer will still be sympathetic to him.

 

[Hope4More]

This is a part of trials that goes right over my head. Please bear with me!

So...the evidence has been allowed in this trial, which has been noted and preserved, and that ruling can be used when appealing. (If an appeal is needed.) Am I understanding that right?

The admissibility of disputed (for whatever reason) evidence is argued by counsel and ruled upon by the trial judge pretrial-- most often in evidentiary hearings, or special hearings about the scientific validity of particular evidence.


Staley ruled against the defense about the admissibility of the sexting (and other "bad character " evidence, on the basis it was more probative (relevant to the case) than prejudicial (speaks for itself).

The defense objected to her rulings during those pretrial hearings, but must continue to do so at trial in order for an appeals court to be able to consider whether or not Staley correctly interpreted all related law in making her rulings, and whether or not she "abused" her judicial discretion in making those rulings.

The attorneys on RH's defense team would be negligent if they didn't make these objections.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Yeager says he found Ross Harris has accessed Reddit five times using the term "childfree" on his work computer.

Yeager says Harris specifically typed into the browser reddit.com/r/childfree. The other four times were just things he clicked on in connection with that initial search.

One of the articles was titled, "Dating is nearly impossible."

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/457089519

 

[DexterMorgan]

This is a part of trials that goes right over my head. Please bear with me!

So...the evidence has been allowed in this trial, which was contested by the defense (being noted and preserved,) and that ruling can be used when appealing. (If an appeal is needed.) Am I understanding that right?

If you know your child may go to sleep in 2 minutes. Then wouldn't a person speed straight to the school before this takes place.

Btw. Kids are wide awake at that hour. So why is Cooper falling to sleep.

Was he waking up at 4am and staying up on his own?

 

[blue22]

The admissibility of disputed (for whatever reason) evidence is argued by counsel and ruled upon by the trial judge pretrial-- most often in evidentiary hearings, or special hearings about the scientific validity of particular evidence.


Staley ruled against the defense about the admissibility of the sexting (and other "bad character " evidence, on the basis it was more probative (relevant to the case) than prejudicial (speaks for itself).

The defense objected to her rulings during those pretrial hearings, but must continue to do so at trial in order for an appeals court to be able to consider whether or not Staley interpreted all related law in making her rulings, and whether or not she "abused" her judicial discretion in making her rukings.

That makes sense, thank you!

 

[catpatrol]

Yeager says he found Ross Harris has accessed Reddit five times using the term "childfree" on his work computer.

Yeager says Harris specifically typed into the browser reddit.com/r/childfree. The other four times were just things he clicked on in connection with that initial search.

One of the articles was titled, "Dating is nearly impossible."

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/457089519

I'm not able to watch live feed.... Did they say when these websites were accessed?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Defense begins cross-examination of Yeager.

Yeager says he didn't find anything on Leanna Harris' computer that would have made her a suspect. "I wasn't looking for that data, that information." He says the files he noted on her computer involved names and addresses that might be of use in the case.

Yeager says it's not unusual to have a case with this many devices and this much information to go through. He says they have one like this "probably every six months."

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ross-harr...the-ross-harris-hot-car-death-trial/457089519

 

[blue22]

He didnt pick up food voluntarily. School staff asked him to pick it up

Not to be nitpicky...

But even if Ross brought them requested food, it's still voluntarily.

With that said, I don't find an issue with bringing food. JMO