Posted on 10/11/2017 9:51:09 AM PDT by Elderberry
Not intending anything rude by this, but as I'm sure you gathered, I had been merely passing on what Tommy Witherspoon had Tweeted.
As for thew prosecution irritating the judge -- that did seem to come across at a couple of junctures in Witherspoon's Tweets the last few trial days.
Gotro has been a few minutes late to morning commencement of trial, a time or two, and had irritated the judge (Johnson) in that way.
Scanning through the last few hours of Witherspoon's 'SpoonFeed', the last witness, Sgt. Stephen Drews of the Waco Police Dept. has testified to some things that would seriously call into question the intent of a potentially significant number of those who showed up that day that the DA's Office has as cornerstone to the overall, widely encompassing charges.
More on this later, for the time being I have other duties calling...
Thanks for that up-date,,,,,,, If I was the judge I’d be scratching my head wondering what is the prosecution thinking ,,,Are they above the law ?
I'd appreciate being included.
Thanks for the ping. Please keep me on your “ping list”.
So far, the tweets have been pretty dull. There's been a lot of references to "patches" and "weapons" but nothing linking the defendant to the killings. The jurors must be bored silly.
Gotro is asking Vaughan about department procedures of collecting, logging and storing evidence. 10:19 AM - 27 Oct 2017
Gotro is asking now about video that Vaughan collected from Don Carlos cameras. 10:36 AM - 27 Oct 2017
Gotro is replaying a portion of the video Vaughan shot in the Twin Peaks parking lot. 10:59 AM - 27 Oct 2017
Gotro is stopping on images of open saddle bags on the motorcycles and asking Vaughan how or why they remain open.
He said his technicians searched the bikes later but they would not have left them open. 11:05 AM - 27 Oct 2017
"I watch this video and see all these open saddle bags and it appears to me that someone was rifling through all of them and just taking people's gun. Am I wrong about that?" Gotro asked. 11:28 AM - 27 Oct 2017
Gotro asked if all of the 154 guns taken from the scene are still in Waco police possession. Vaughan said he does not know. 11:30 AM - 27 Oct 2017
Thanks for the update. WacoTrib says I exceeded my free use of the site.
Have they ID’d the “yellow helmet” guy in court yet?
Try deleting the wacotrib.com cookie and restart your browser.
There ya go. I'll try that.
11:07 AM - 31 Oct 2017
The judge said a redacted copy of a statement taken by FBI was turned over to the defense this morning. Gotro had no objections. 8:25 AM - 6 Nov 2017
On Friday, the judge ordered a statement collected by the city to be turned over to Gotro by 5 p.m. Friday. She said she received it. 8:27 AM - 6 Nov 2017
The judge called the lawyers and the DPS lawyer into his chambers. 8:38 AM - 6 Nov 2017
The judge ruled the information from the DPS must be revealed to defense and DPS attorney waived their privilege claim. 9:05 AM - 6 Nov 2017
The judge put the information under protective order not to be disclosed. 9:06 AM - 6 Nov 2017
Check that. The state did not waive the privilege but the judge ordered the materials turned over. The materials pertain to informants. 9:08 AM - 6 Nov 2017
She said Reyna and two prosecutors were in a room with a Cossack who provided exculpatory information she had not received. 9:19 AM - 6 Nov 2017
She said they were in the room and aware of the information and it was not turned over to her. 9:20 AM - 6 Nov 2017
She said they were in the room and aware of the information and it was not turned over to her. 9:20 AM - 6 Nov 2017
Prosecutor Michael Jarrett said he and Reyna left the room because they knew the witness was lying. 9:21 AM - 6 Nov 2017
Gotro argued the information would have changed the way she cross-examined most all the witnesses and the state doesn't get to decide who is credible and what information they get to turn over in discovery. 9:24 AM - 6 Nov 2017
The defense is alleging that the indictment does not allege Carrizal committed an overt act as part of the conspiracy. 10:02 AM - 6 Nov 2017
The judge denied the motion for instructed verdict. The jury is coming in now. 10:06 AM - 6 Nov 2017
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