Judge's level of secrecy in proceedings raises questions from experts

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 9/24/02 | Greg Moran

[Jaded]

I know it's a day late, but it needs it's own home.

[Jaded]

The actual transcripts are finally up. Here=> Transcripts

Let the countdown begin. Rember, spel chek is ur freend.

I will be adding a page for summaries soon.

[I. Ben Hurt]

Funnie. Thanks Jaded.

[carenot]

Thanks Jaded.

[vacrn]

nyce jobb, thankks fer da peeng

[calawah98]

Thanks Jaded

[shezza]

Thanks for the ping. Interesting article. And thanks for all your hard work on your website. You're a gem. :o)

[Lauratealeaf]

Mudd did not respond to inquiries for an explanation about the apparent discrepancy in treatment.

Really strange that Mudd allowed photographs of people in previous trials and yet would not allow the photographer to capture the despicable Van Dams.

[Bluebird Singing]

Thank you Jaded.

[Jaded]

There seems to be alot of things Mudd changed just for this special presentation.

[UCANSEE2]

So far I found that on Feb 15th, an unknown person called the Van Dams and told them Danielle was alive but had been abused.

Mudd was ready to allow this in, but Dusek asked it not be and won.
It would seem the LE got a warrant based on this call and searched 'somewhere'. I haven't found this search warrant or the results of it anywhere.

One might assume they found nothing, but I would rather be sure.

[Jaded]

Some have speculated that DW made that phone call while re-tracing his steps with LE. WRONG... that trip was made on 2/5/02 not on 2/15 when the call was made. 10 days is 10 day, unless of course you are talking about mummification and that can happen in 24 hours.

Tidbit: The tip to the Recovery Center was on 2/26. A woman called in the tip. She claimed to be psychic and gave a description of the area and told them it needed to be searched again. It was not a Bill Garcia hunch as we suspected or were led to believe.

[John Jamieson]

15th, same day Whitmore had a hearing. Rowland has arrested at midnight. Damon was planning his desert weekend trip. Bugguys say body dumped that weekend. A very important date.

[demsux]

It would seem the LE got a warrant based on this call and searched 'somewhere'.

It would appear that LE thought it was a legitimate lead...let us know if you find any more info, please.

BTW, where did you find this tidbit?

[let freedom sing]

SOSD transcript links don't work. :^(

[demsux]

I can't get them to work either.

[carenot]

The links work fine for me.

[Jaded]

They worked for me.... odd. I'm sure they are getting alot of traffic there today.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/danielle/

This is the general link to the Danielle articles. Click on today's story, the docs are on the right side and down a bit. They are all PDF's.

[UCANSEE2]

I got the info from the newly released transcripts. I am not sure which one.

Here is a summary of each of the released documents so far:

1.Dog DNA, Layla
2. " " "
3. " " "
4.Hopi
5.Jurors' Friday work schedules
6.Denise's use of "creepy" and Feldman's objection
7.The binoculars and the neighbor on the treadmill
8.John Neal (Cletus himself)
9.Brenda's glare.
10.Discovery matters
11.Dog DNA discovery
12. Juror #8
13.Scheduling and discovery
14. Arguments regarding the jury's visit to the RV
15.Discovery, and a note to the judge from a potential witness re her desire to not be photographed. Mention of Barb Easton.
16.Porn, porn, and more porn
17. Feldman's facial expressions
Lots of issues in 18: Unsealing of the search warrants Scheduling Admission of Dehesa witnesses GEORGE JOHNSON and screams coming from the RV between 10:30 and 11:30 AM on February 2. (and DW getting lap dances at Chita's)
MISSING 19…….
20. Another motion for mistrial by the defense, because of non-sequestration and publicity. Prosecution responds that the defense should have asked for a change of venue if they were concerned about local coverage. A request for mistrial because Susan L.'s testimony "assassinated" DW's character with the "forceful" description, and the stalking incident. Prosecution responds that the defense wants the jury to believe DW was drunk, so we're allowed to ask what he's like after drinking. A request for mistrial because "bestiality" photos on DW's computer were mentioned.
21. Lots of information on potential rebuttal witnesses. 22. Juror complaints of being followed.
+. The Phillips hearing re penalty phase witnesses.

[demsux]

Hi John,

Don't you find it EXTREMELY interesting that the FBI has never released the name of the San Diego LEO that was indicted pursuant to "operation candyman". They released the names of Rowland and Whitmore, but not the LEO.

I wish there were some way of finding out that LEO's name...any idea's?