To be clear, the judge ruled that Elias’ testimony was inadmissible as hearsay and therefore did not allow Elias to testify.
Thanks for that. I did say later that the judge denied Elias’ appearing for the defense for a rather innocuous reason. At the moment I couldn’t recall what it was.
But, I did read between the lines. The judge really didn’t want near Elias, in my opinion.
That innocuous sounding opinion of the judge to deny Elias testimony caused the Defense to ask for a mis-trial.
The judge responded by offering the Defense to file a brief or something, which meant a formal request for a mistrial.