“Why is a prosecutor having a meltdown...”
From reading his Response, I’d say what we have here is a childish egomaniac, who believes in his power to bully and bamboozle. He bullies and slings mud, but offers nothing to refute the allegations. No doubt Judge Nelson will find it compelling.
The inclusion of “Exhibit B” is curious. I guess BdlR is trying to claim that W8’s “hospital” lies are irrelevant, since she had already penned the basic storyline without it, and this makes his concealment ok. Sort of a sure I stole his wallet, but there wasn’t much in it defense. (hmm... when was this note provided to the Defense — after the Defense depo of W8?).
The note contains interpretations, presented in a tidy flow of talking points. The note and the interview include nothing extraneous to the desired story line. These aren’t the fragmented facts of a witness, from which an investigator could “connect the dots”; they are pre-packaged conclusions, the product of obvious rehearsal and revision. W8 might be the writer; her authorship seems most unlikely. I hope that the Defense managed to keep W8 to facts — who said what and when — not only about the night of the shooting, but all her contacts and discussions with Tracy and Sybrina Fulton, when and how the note came to be written and why, who suggested and “helped” her with it, etc.
Yep -- 2 days after W8's deposition.
And it was provided to the defense at Sybrina's deposition and in the state's 13th supplemental -- See link at #9.
My impression is that he includes it to show (the redacted part) that the Witness was so reluctant that she did not associate her own name with the handwritten list of bullet points.
Bernardo claims that the intended function of keeping her identity cloaked was so "she would not be subjected to what is not happening to her," a reference to being discredited and called a liar. Well, that a nonsense argument, seeing as her identity remains cloaked, and that doesn't stop the testimony from being discredited.