Saw on Greta last night that Tuesday, the judge might declare a mistrial, or admonish the DA for letting the detective state something about duct tape that may not of been in discovery materials... Greta thinks for sure something bad or a huge "no no" will be Tuesday... Guess the DA is ranking on the detective to back up his facts if that was indeed part of the investigation reports of duct tape.
Yes, I saw that too, RB, and wondered.
But the people here are right--it's definitely much ado about nothing.
Why would Geragos ask for a mistrial now, when he just might get what he asked for? If Geragos asks for a mistrial, then that means he thinks he's losing this case, bigtime. Now, I know WE all think he is losing, but there's really no telling what sort of people those jurors are--look at the ditzy one, Justin.
A mistrial at this point would be bad news for Scott: another year in jail, awaiting the next trial. I thought he might make a double jeopardy claim and try to get out of being tried again, but I looked at the law and there is NO WAY he could succeed in such a claim. Mistrial = retrial and more time for Scott to wait in jail.
And besides, it turns out, according to RG, that Brocchini was not embellishing in his testimony.
This thing is being played to the public for sure, and for sure old Big Nose is making sure there's a false "bombshell" every weekend.
Now, what is said in the media shouldn't matter, b/c the jury isn't watching the media, right? Well, apparently Geragos is such a crummy lawyer, that he must win his case based on something that isn't even supposed to happen: the supposition that jurors are somehow reached by a media they aren't supposed to see.