This judge is a moron. Ito the second. The phony case should have been dismissed at the end of the prosecution and the judge should have ripped the prosecutor and DA a new one.
Imagine if the judge HAD thrown it out. Talk about burning cities. Also, he and his family would have to go under a witness protection plan.
I see him as the equivalent of Pontius Pilate:
Luke 23:13-16
Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him. Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him. I will therefore punish and release him.”
But we know that was not acceptable to the crowd. In this case, it WILL go to a jury decision. We just hope they are not equally intimidated.
Andrew Branca, bloging for Legal Insurrection on the case, details why the MTD was likely to fail. In addition to the questionable merits of the motion (chiefly because the defense didn’t make the kind of error that is usually required), the defense did not file the MTD in a timely manner which allowed the judge to dismiss the MTD procedurally rather than on its merits.
Why did that happen? Well, the prosecution has absolutely flooded the defense with an INSANE amount of discovery items DURING THE TRIAL. Branca also gets into this and touches on why the number is viewed as high and extraordinary.
Unlike the OJ trial where the defense had more resources than the state, Chauvin’s lawyer is getting run over by the huge team the prosecution has assembled, largely from civilian lawyers.
Branca’s comments can be read here...