[Dolphy]

They had testimony from several different people, including one of Terri's best friends, who corraborated the fact that Terri's wish was NOT to be sustained alive by artificial means.

I just looked at Greer's ruling again...he explicitly said he didn't need to rule on Michael Schiavo's testimony because he had Scott and Joan Schiavo's testimony. The only testimony of a friend of Terri's was that she wouldn't want the feeding tube removed. Interestingly Greer dismissed her testimony because he didn't know when Karen Quinlin died(the event that sparked the discussion between the witness and Terri) and questioned the actual date of the conversation.

[Luis Gonzalez]

It was apparently established by the Court that Joan Schiavo was a good (best friend) of Terri's.

[flowergirl]

And on Thursday,March 24,2005 Greer said he had been wrong about the date of the Quinlan death. (He had thrown out the friends testimony because he said the movie @ Quinlan they were watching when Terri said where there's life, there's hope was when Terri was@ 12. Greer said Terri wouldn't have been old enuf when Karen Ann's respirator was pulled to make a decision for her future.But she (Karen) did not die for 9 more years. Terri was old enough!!!)
Judge Greer admitted he had the dates wrong on the Quinlan deal while Terri had already started starving...but said
IT DOES NOT MATTER!!!!; think about it...the entire basis of Terri's wishes based on Scott and his wife's hearsay, the best friend's thrown out. FROSTS MY COOKIES:-(