I agree this case is essentailly dead. What I am saying is that now any jury in Durham when Gottlie shows up to testify has to contain people who will wonder if he is lying again this time. He has gotten too much notice. Police detective have to testify over and over again in various cases and they can not be effective in their jobs if a large fraction of the jury pool comes to believe they are liars.
This case has been dead for a dog's age but somehow it still keeps going. Everytime something like this comes out I say to myself - oh, that's it. It's over.
But then it isn't over.
Gottlieb is one seriously dirty cop. His notes are a work of fiction. The thing that gets me is this is all so blatant. His conduct is blatantly and obviously dishonest and reckless. He lies, fabricates evidence and arrests and threatens Duke students on nothing charges. He took nine other cops to arrest a few students for a noise violation. I'm surprised he didn't call in a SWAT team. And then there's the Blincos incident and running a red light and plowing into another car. And that's just the stuff we know about. It's probably just the tip of the iceberg. He obviously thinks he can get away with whatever he wants. So far, he has but I hope this is the end of the line for him.