***VERDICT WATCH*** Jimmy Rodgers Trial Thread (livestream) Days 1-11 2019.10.10-22

[Legally Bland]

I think MS just had trial date set for Nov 12.

 

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Jake Allen
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The judge is asking the assistant state attorney how long Mark Sievers jury trial will take. Assistant State Attorney Hamid Hunter said he thinks jury selection and presentation evidence will take longer in the Sievers trial compared to the Rodgers trial.


Jake Allen
@Jake_Allen19
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Hunter said he expects Mark Sievers' trial to take about a week longer than Jimmy Rodgers' trial.

Jake Allen
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The Mark Sievers' trial is tentatively set to begin Nov. 12, Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle said. We are moving on to a few other cases before we begin with Rodgers this morning.

 

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Jaclyn Bevis

@jbevis10
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It's Monday and we're back for more in the #jimmyrodgersontrial. First, we expect a quick trial call for #marksieversontrial. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends. #trialtweets #nbc2courtcoverage #teresasievers


It's Monday and we're back for more in the #jimmyrodgersontrial. First, we expect a quick trial call for #marksieversontrial. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends. #trialtweets #nbc2courtcoverage #teresasievers


State says they have another case in November. Judge makes it tentative then for November 12. #trialtweets #nbc2courtcoverage #marksieversontrial #teresasievers

 

[Oregonmama]

Good morning all!

 

[Oregonmama]

1. Conway to work for a contracting company that provided laborers for the Doe Run Company.
   
   Jimmy Rodgers was on a team of laborers that Conway was in charge of as part of the contracting company, Conway said.
   
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   Workers at Doe Run deal with a number of toxic chemicals including battery acid, arsenic and lead, Conway said.
   
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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 4m4 minutes ago
   The state is calling their next witness. It's Jeffrey Conway. He is from Potosi, Missouri and works for the Doe Run Company.
   
   Doe Run is a mining company that also recycles used batteries, Conway said.
   

 

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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 49s49 seconds ago
   Doe Run provided coveralls, gloves, boots and other materials to prevent exposure to harmful chemicals, Conway said.
   
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   Rodgers was basically on a clean-up crew. He would have been worked around lead and acid, Conway said.
   
   Rodgers was trained on how to work around these chemicals and not be exposed to them, Conway said.
   

 

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Here is a photo of Mark Sievers,left, in court this morning with his attorney Michael Mummert. Photo from News-Press photographer
@ricrolon

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 31s32 seconds ago


What the prosecution is getting at here is that Rodgers was trained by his employer on how to keep from being exposed from dangerous chemicals.

 

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Court tv is covering trial now. Split screen on the witness, JRR and the State....

https://www.courttv.com/title/court-tv-live-stream-web/

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 2m2 minutes ago


Based on the prosecution's opening statement, I think they will try and say Rodgers used this knowledge during the Teresa Sievers murder to keep from leaving DNA behind at the crime scene.

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 44s44 seconds ago
An interesting side note, I believe this is the first witness called to the stand from Missouri, where Rodgers lived.

I think this is also the first witness called to the stand who knew Rodgers before Teresa Sievers was killed.

 

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1. Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 29s29 seconds ago
   Conway said he put grey tape over Jimmy Rodgers locker as he was preserving it so law enforcement could come search it.
   
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   Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 1m1 minute ago
   Assistant State Attorney Hamid Hunter is showing the jury photos of lockers at Doe Run. He is having Conway explain what the photos are of.
   

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 32s32 seconds ago


Conway is holding up a clean blue coverall suit from Doe Run for the jury to see.

 

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Watching JRR while they hold up the evidence is chilling to me. How can a person sit there knowing what a horrific thing they did.

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 20s21 seconds ago


Last week an investigator, with the Lee County Sheriff's Office, testified that Rodgers then-girlfriend helped investigators find pieces of a broken cellphone and a blue jumpsuit on the side of the road in Cadet, Missouri after Teresa Sievers was killed in 2015.

 

[Legally Bland]

I think this is the most comprehensive cross-ex from the defense so far. Not sure what they're hoping to achieve though.

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 13m13 minutes ago


There is no limit on the number suits workers at Doe Run can check out or change into, Conway said. The suits/coveralls are not supposed to be taken home, he said.

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  Rodgers told him he was in Florida to celebrate the graduation of his brother from law school, Conway said.
  
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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 16m16 minutes ago
  
  
  On June 28, 2015, Conway texted Rodgers and asked if he could work. Rodgers texted back and told him he was in Florida still. Teresa Sievers was found dead on June 29, 2015, investigators said.

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 9m9 minutes ago


Doe Run trains their own people and trains contractors separately, Conway said. Laborers at Doe Run have to have their blood drawn once a month to check for high lead levels as well as a physical once a year, he said.

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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 10m10 minutes ago
  
  
  Rodgers was a reliable and a good worker, Conway said. It wouldn't have been unusual for Rodgers to try and get a full-time job at Doe Run because it pays more, he said.
  
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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 12m12 minutes ago
  
  
  Assistant Public Defender Kathleen Fitzgeorge is now questioning Conway on cross examination. She clarifies that in 2015 Conway was not working for Doe Run, but a contracting company that sent laborers to Doe Run.

 

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Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 2m2 minutes ago


That's it from the defense. Assistant State Attorney Hamid Hunter asked Conways if it's common to find blue Doe Run jumpsuits on the side of the highway in Missouri. He said no.

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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 3m3 minutes ago
  
  
  Workers were allowed to take the boxes of gloved and might have taken those home from Doe Run as well, Conway said.
  
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  The lockers at Doe Run can be locked, Conway said. People take the coveralls home to use during maintenance work, such as painting or yardwork at home, Conway said.
  
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  Jake Allen‏Verified account @Jake_Allen19 6m6 minutes ago
  
  
  Someone working for the contracting company could work at Doe Run one day and somewhere else the next, but are still assigned their own locker, Conway said.
  
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Recess time