Posted on 08/06/2002 6:40:14 AM PDT by FresnoDA
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SAN DIEGO After two months and 116 witnesses, jurors in the capital murder case of David Westerfield will hear closing arguments Tuesday. "We'll be ready to rock and roll tomorrow morning," Judge William Mudd told lawyers Monday. Defense attorneys for Westerfield, who is accused of kidnapping and killing his 7-year-old neighbor Danielle van Dam, had considered calling a forensic anthropologist as their final witness. After weekend discussions, however, they decided to rest their case, defense lawyer Steven Feldman told Mudd. The judge imposed no time limits on the arguments Feldman and prosecutor Jeff Dusek will make, and closings in the trial, which included 199 exhibits and weeks of complex forensic testimony, could stretch into a second day. At the hearing Monday, Feldman made yet another attempt to have the panel of six men and six women sequestered during deliberations. He cited front page articles about the case in the local paper as well as an article about swinging in San Diego magazine. "The land mines keep growing, Judge," he told Mudd. As he had before, the judge denied the request and said he trusted the jury to follow his instructions about avoiding media accounts of the case. Westerfield, 50, faces the death penalty if convicted of Danielle's slaying. The second-grader was abducted from her bedroom last February. Searchers found her naked body on the side of a road three and a half weeks later. Prosecutors claim Westerfield sexually assaulted and suffocated her, but the defense says forensic evidence indicates she was dumped after the defendant was under police surveillance. |
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Words of wisdom. If dogs could speak this trial would have been over months ago.
<Eddie Murphy>
"Wea all da large brested women at ?!
</Eddie>
It looks like a quiet thread tonight...duhsuk tired everyone out today...circular logic makes me dizzy too...i'll hit refresh a couple of times later, otherwise, I'm over and out
Ain't that the truth :-)
Then on a trip to Europe and a couple of mugs of beer in Holland and bammo.....I asked my husband for a cig.
Big mistake. I started again and except for a few brief times, have continued.
My husband still smokes but we never have done so in the house or car, so it's not around me. I'll make it. :) That is if Dusek doesn't spemd six hours on his next turn.........lol
It's so d@mn trivial, that's why I never support MS-Windows. I'll hire it out.
The Microsoft "folder" bit is a directory.
I've interviewed BSCS folks who couldn't do this without a 'click and drool' interface.
Prosecutor: Westerfield Guilty 'Beyond Possible Doubt'(Many Still Find Van Dam's Culpable)
My husband is trying to cut back in hopes of taking the big plunge soon. I pray he does.
I have no idea. So far it looks like Judge Mudd is giving him lots of room.
The dog saw Westerfield do what he did to Danielle?
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