Frustrated Prosecutor Dusek Swats At Final Bug Expert: Westerfield's Soon Will BUG The Jury....

Court TV ^ | August 2, 2002 | Harriet Ryan

[gigi]

I'm copying this from another post, so...

Juror #1 A woman who works as a welfare-eligibility worker for San Diego County. During jury selection, she expressed concerns about the behavior of Brenda van Dam, the victim's mother.

Juror 2 A Hispanic father of four who has two granddaughters, ages 10 and 2. One of his children works in daycare. He was drafted into the Army as a young man and believes in the death penalty.

Juror #3. This 83-year-old white male retired from a 32-year military career as an Army colonel. He has a 7-year-old granddaughter, and takes medications for back problems, blood pressure, and arthritis. He expressed concerns about the death penalty because he has a mentally handicapped son, and knows some states execute regardless of mental capacity.

Juror #4. An older white female born in Germany, she is a supporter of the death penalty. She takes care of her husband, who is ill, and works at a German cultural center. She has a friend who is a retired prosecutor.

Juror #5. A white female who takes the anti-anxiety drug Paxil. She listens to conservative talk radio, including Rush Limbaugh, and believes in the death penalty.

Juror #6. A white male who studied theater arts and now works as an insurance claims adjuster. He says he considers his position of the death penalty a five on a scale of one to 10, and says that if someone is arrested, there must be facts to support it.

Juror #7. An older white woman who works as a county probate examiner, she has served on two juries previously and also worked for a criminal defense attorney at one point. She supports the death penalty.

Juror #8. A black female who suffers from stress. She believes pornography is "sick" and "immoral," and hopes to get a masters degree in Christian education.

Juror #9. An older black female who was born in Panama, she has one child and two grandchildren, ages 13 and 5. She has served on two juries in the past, including one that ended in a hung jury. She says she has never seen pornography before, but says, "I'm an old lady, nothing would shock me." She supports the death penalty.

Juror #10. A male who has a 7-week-old child and works as a certified public accountant. He believes the death penalty is a deterrent in certain cases and a legitimate means of punishment.

Juror #11. A white male who is the father of a 9-month-old child and works as a software engineer. He spent some time in the military working in naval intelligence, and his father was a state trooper for 25 years. He believes this case is a big responsibility. He considers himself a strong supporter of the death penalty, was brought up Christian, and believes in "an eye for an eye."

Juror #12. A married male who has taken classes at a local college for business management. He expressed his desire to be on the jury and believes that a defendant should testify, but says he has an open mind concerning the case. He says the death penalty is fair and believes in an "eye for an eye."


I've been meaning to go an read Neal's testimony, I haven't had a chance. I think that when Feldman called the police officer to testify that Neal told him in an interview that he was looking at porn proves that Neal did lie on the stand. He was in a bad position,but he should have told the truth. The prosecution brought on the Porn charges and the defense has to rebutt it. Its not a nice thing at all.

[cyncooper]

...and also to try to guess at a password.

Thanks for the reminder about the laptop and Feldman's attempt to have Neal access one of those websites.

[gigi]

Thanks, I've been out of the loop this weekend.

[hoosiermama]

Thanks GiGI, GO to post 660 for a link to Neal's testimony. Scroll down to it.

[gigi]

I've heard little to nothing on DW's daughter.

[cyncooper]

Why do you find it suspicious? It sound pretty normal to me.

Well, there are several things that I think about this particular sequence of events and what Westerfield says and doesn't say when he talks to the police.

1) I don't find it odd that he would have his son check the house. Neal did, going in to actually put a flyer about Danielle in the kitchen. He said he left the house locked up.

2) DW tells the police he returns to the neighborhood after 3:30, talks to the neighbors, then goes to his house and decided to check the pool (fine) and then says the side door was unlocked. He hints "someone" (the cop asks if he thought maybe the little girl) could have gotten in his house. I think--is he setting up a reason any evidence in the house came to be there?

He further says that this (the "unlocked door") was a mistake but not unusual. I say, hmmmmmmm. Why isn't he telling the police about Neal locking the house, and why would a door supposedly be unlocked and DW says he doesn't intentionally leave the door unlocked but has in the past. See? Something is wrong here.

3) Calling his son to make sure the house is locked is the sign of a man who values security and, IMO, would be very unlikely to leave his MH unlocked while it was unattended during a long period of time. Long enough, say, for a neighbor to wander in and play.

Just my impression of that. John Jamieson thinks I'm analyzing it too much. I will be interested to see what Dusek says, if anything, about it in his closing argument.

[hoosiermama]

Cyn the call to the daughter was before noon:
10 Q. ARE YOU ABLE TO ESTIMATE ABOUT WHAT TIME YOU LEFT11 LYNN LANG'S RESIDENCE?12 A. 11:30.13 Q. AND YOU WENT DIRECTLY HOME?14 A. YES.15 Q. WAS ANYBODY AT HOME?16 A. YES.17 Q. WHO?18 A. MY SISTER.19 Q. HER NAME?20 A. LISA WESTERFIELD.21 Q. IS SHE OLDER THAN YOU?22 A. YES.23 Q. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU GOT HOME, SIR?24 A. SHE WAS PREPARING FOR WORK AND I WENT BACK TO PLAY25 ON THE COMPUTER.26 Q. AT YOUR MOTHER'S HOUSE?27 A. YES.28 Q. WHOSE COMPUTER IS IT?

Neal went with his mother to do some errands afternoon and didn't get back until five o'clock. It IS possible that Westerfiled actually got back to the house BEFORE Neal got there to check the doors. He and his mother went to Michaels (I can spend hours there) and stopped other places before going to WD house.

Neighbors testified to talking to Wd around 3:30. Neal and mother only made one more stop, bookstore before getting home at 5:00.

I too think you may be reading in something that just isn't there, but I'm not certain why you think it is important...Sorry

[hoosiermama]

PS. Remembering to lock a door is an insurance thing if you have a pool that can be accessed thru it. When two or more adults come and go in a house, door get unlocked (and locked*) when they shouldn't. I often leave my house unlocked if I'm just out-and-about; but lock it if I know I'll be gone a couple of days. I don't have any value one way or other on security. COuldn't tell you right now if my doors are locked.Know it "Should be locked" but often forget, therefore I see nothing suspicious about his testimony.

* Don't ask how many times one of us has crawled through "the second story window" LOL

[cyncooper]

I too think you may be reading in something that just isn't there, but I'm not certain why you think it is important...Sorry

Fair enough.

(I enjoy Michael's too, though I'm not a "craft" person, I like their frames and baskets)

[Jaded]

Neal is well alibi'd for that night. The porn is what remains in question.

[demsux]

Hey Fresno,

How about a prize for our 666 winner tonight?

[hoosiermama]

Frames? Do you paint? I do. Prefer to buy old baskets or ones that I know the weaver. Lot's of Amish ones nearby. I have a ladder full of "fanny baskets"

[gigi]

I have two boys and unfortunately have had the experience with them looking at porn. One of them typed in sex in a search engine and they explored from there. My husband caught them.
It wasn't pretty....

Plus a day before this happened, I was bragging to a friend that our computer was in the family room, and the boys didn't have a computer in their room, so there was no way they could be looking at that kind of stuff. Well they were!! Right under my nose!! How embarrasing!!! My Angels!! HAH!

Because they were doing that, "Teen Sluts" found it's way into one's email. I'm not sure what my husband did, but he put a "guard" on our computer. It didn't work too well because I typed in a web address and a porn page came up.
I always thought you had to pay to see anything... well I was WRONG!!! and disgusted at what I saw.
UGG!!

[cyncooper]

* Don't ask how many times one of us has crawled through "the second story window" LOL

Heheh

[Jaded]

The daughter is 20 or 21, in college, has her own place. Well she did. Don't think she enters into any current or recent custody arrangements. Other than that no one has really heard anything about her. The divorce was final in 1996.

[hoosiermama]

I have cross ready to ricochet it back to you!

[Jaded]

But it did. SOme of it was found on Neal's computer. Some of it was accessed through Neal's hot mail account. He's a normal 18 year old. The only thing Feldman did, or rather didn't was cross Neal and prove he perjured himself. I would assume, that was David's orders regarding Neal.

[gigi]

Michael's GooooD!!! I can spend hours there too. Especially with the holidays coming.

[demsux]

Isn't it eerie...

[cyncooper]

Frames? Do you paint?

Other than wielding a spray can or roller, no, LOL.

I like their assortment of finished frames and mats.

Oh, and I don't bake alot either, but my in-laws are truly artists when it comes to cakes and cookies, so I love shopping for their Christmas presents there. All the coloring pastes and cake molds and stuff.