Prosecutor: Westerfield Guilty 'Beyond Possible Doubt'(Many Still Find Van Dam's Culpable)

Court TV ^ | August 7, 2002 | Harriet Ryan

[Yeti]

Teh blood is a problem for the defense... how did it get there, when did it get there...Brenda said there was a scratch...tried to switch the facts.. misstating the facts, there was no bloody leg.. OBJECTION/OVERRULED... Where did 100 hair an hour come from...where did that come from...100/hr, were talking telly savales by the end of the week and we know thats not true...now the big one...we should be disgraced for calling Neal Westerfild to the stand to clear up a clear and intentional msrepresentation of the facts....all we are talking about the materials on the ...erk...i got lost...

[L,TOWM]

Hi Sinky! Good to see a familiar name on these threads (been doing a lot of lurking on these threads, I have...they're not safe for a man with standard asbestos undies, and my industrial strength ones have'nt arrived here yet). ;-))

[UCANSEE2]

I noticed DUSEK objected during Feldman's arguments MANY times and the JUDGE instructed the jury many times.

Feldman just objected to DUSEK's improper argument and the judge said overruled almost before Feldman could finish the word 'objection'.

[VRWC_minion]

I don't think Feldman does. IMO.

Then why did Feldman spend time appealing to that hold out and why did Dusek make his counter appeal to that same hold out ? If Dusek thought he didn't have majority he wouldn't have argued with Feldman and likewise if Feldman thought he had majority the last thing he would have done was encourage a hold out.

[UCANSEE2]

Court TV has been in Duseks pocket since day one of this trial.

And the Judge.

[MagnoliaMS]

OK, thanks. I missed their opening arguments, and just wanted to be sure. I had my chain yanked by Yeti while ago, and wanted to make sure Deejay wasn't doing the same. LOL.

[UCANSEE2]

According to Dusek that is nto true either in accordance with the instructions or with the law or with common sense as demonstrated by some examples

That sentence makes about as much sense as DUSEK's WHOLE CASE.

[RnMomof7]

Anyone ever go on a picknick, sit under a tree & flies come swarming 'round, & you're not dead.

ahhhhhhhhhh but you may smell like it *grin*

[spectre]

I'm plenty worried about how the case is going to turn out. It looks like a Guilty verdict...possibly a hung jury, but more than just one single hold out. No one will be that strong.

Win or lose, I'll still take Feldman over Dusek.

sw

[VRWC_minion]

Have you discussed this case with Feldman and Dusek?

I am merely looking at the arguments they just made.. Feldman encourages the hold out to stay firm while Dusek encouraged a hold out to go with the majority. They apparently both agree that the best case scenario is a hung jury with a single holdout.

[CAPPSMADNESS]

I already tried to tell minion that Jaded, he/she has yet to respond

[UCANSEE2]

Your post in ref. to COURTVIs this...GET A GUILTY VERDICT TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO PERPS ??

NOPE. Get a guilty verdict to sell more ADVERTISING, MORE AIRTIME, promote Nancy Grace's career, Beth Karras's career.

[MagnoliaMS]

You are so right.

[VRWC_minion]

It looks like a Guilty verdict

Apparently you are a minority here. Reading the comments here for the past two days Dusek may as well just quit before he starts.

[Yeti]

I just can't do this, Sheeza, you are amazing...

My 'accelerated hunt-and-peck' technique just doesn't keep up.

generally, saying Feldman used data to accuse neal, so it wasn't him ...

Now we are at the most nervy assertion, that the one bug man that didn't get all of the calculations was full of it to say he didn't have time...

Remember twnty days wasn't long enough to look at any more fibers, they didn't have time to compare prints... etc....

I did say those fibers came from an afghan...that statement wa not made, contraryn to what you were told we OBJECTION/OVERRULED RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF /OVERRULED

We came real close to finding the source of the fiber

[the Deejay]

No,no, no, no!!!! I wasn't yanking your chain. I get mine yanked all the time, because "some" don't like facts. (The Deejay will never yank anyone's chain.....first!) LOL

[nycgal]

You bet he said that in his opening statement. It's in the transcripts.

BRENDA VAN DAM WILL TELL YOU SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER DANCING WITH DAVID WESTERFIELD. SHE JUST DOESN'T REMEMBER DOING IT AND DOESN'T THINK SHE DID. EASTON I BELIEVE WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE DANCED WITH DAVID WESTERFIELD BUT IT WAS ONLY ABOUT A HALF A DANCE OR SO, AND HE DIDN'T REALLY SEEM INTO IT, AND HE JUST WASN'T VERY GOOD, AND HE JUST PULLED AWAY AFTER HALF THE DANCE WAS OVER.

[VRWC_minion]

I already tried to tell minion that Jaded, he/she has yet to respond

I have no response because I threw it out as a hypothetical and am interested in responses. I did think you might be right but I find it hard to accept that a living body would be a place for larva to be able to eat without decomposistion.

[sinkspur]

I am in awe sir, not many people know that!

I did some embalming putting myself through college.

[UCANSEE2]

Then why did Feldman spend time appealing to that hold out and why did Dusek make his counter appeal to that same hold out ? If Dusek thought he didn't have majority he wouldn't have argued with Feldman and likewise if Feldman thought he had majority the last thing he would have done was encourage a hold out.

I listened to Feldman and he talked to the entire JURY.

Dusek is the only one that specifically addressed the case for a SINGLE HOLDOUT. If you can prove different, I would be happy to read it.