He may be arrogant now but he will be humbled when West advises him that the DNA expert said the clothes arrived (from the ME) in a plastic bags, the wrong procedure for the ME (should be in a paper bag so they can breathe).
I wonder if this is another Angela Corey sponsored ME?
...........David Douglas, who investigates in the same 4th district out of Jacksonville as Rao, said that he listened to Dr. Rao’s testimony yesterday and said he “was a bit skeptical of her motives and conclusions.” During testimony Tuesday, O’Mara began his cross-examination by asking Rao if she was given her position by Angela Corey, the state attorney in charge of the Zimmerman second-degree murder trial. Rao said that she was appointed by Florida governor Rick Scott. Several memos sent by Corey do suggest that she pushed to get Rao the medical examiner’s position.
Corey has come under fire for pushing too hard to convict Zimmerman of second-degree murder despite evidence that Martin attacked Zimmerman. Corey was appointed state attorney on the case by Governor Rick Scott after state attorney Norm Wolfinger refused to charge Zimmerman with a crime............
.......Local Florida newspapers have reported complaints filed against Dr. Rao. Co-workers have accused her of various offenses including washing her feet in an autopsy sink, walking barefoot through a bloody crime scene, and calling a former subordinate “Big Mac” due to her weight. She was also accused by a former employee of Middle Eastern descent of making jokes about him being a terrorist.
During a stint working as a medical examiner in Missouri, Rao made news by misidentifying the cause of death of University of Missouri football player Aaron O’Neal. Rao determined that O’Neal collapsed during practice and died from viral meningitis. O’Neal actually had sickle-cell anemia which, the player’s family argued, should have been treated by his coaches since it is known that the hereditary disease has been linked to heat stroke. The family later settled with the University for over $2 million.
During an appeal of a murder conviction of Labrant Dennis, state attorney Joshua Weintraub was accused of coaching Dr. Rao — then a medical examiner — as a witness in the penalty phase of the case. In an appeal to the Florida Supreme Court, Dennis’ attorneys argued that in a 1998 memo to Rao before her analysis of the case case was submitted, Weintraub “used subjective terms, varying in degrees of conclusiveness, speculation, and gross exaggeration.”
That email, obtained by The Daily Caller, shows Weintraub telling Rao that it is “of paramount importance that [the victim’s] facial injuries were caused by a staggering 20-25 strikes to the head.”
Weintraub also wrote to Rao “I would like to stress to the jury that [the victim] is alert and aware that she is being beaten.”
Weintraub asked Rao to specifically mention that the victims in the case “languished and died.” Weintraub wrote that the phrase “is a term of art that the judge and jury needs to understand because it helps with our burden of proving the murders as ‘atrocious’ and ‘cruel’.”
The claim, which the court later ruled against, argued that state prosecutors relied on Rao’s testimony despite her not having conducted any of the autopsies of any of Dennis’ alleged victims. Nor did Rao visit the crime scene.
Dennis’ initial attorney, Ronald Guralnick, recalled the memo to Dr. Rao as “very suggestive.” He told The DC that if he’d have known about the memo before trial, he could have impeached Rao’s examination.
Suzanne Keffer, Dennis’ lawyer in the appeals case, recollects that Dr. Rao’s “opinion was really stretching.” Keffer says that Rao would also offer non-medical opinions. Keffer says that prosecutors do tell their witnesses what is expected of their testimony but that Rao’s matched Weintraub’s suggestions “point for point.”
A Jacksonville-area defense attorney said in a phone interview of Rao’s relationship with state attorneys, “it’s sort of home-cooking.” The source added, “obviously Angela [Corey] hand-picked her.”
A source close to the state attorney’s office says Rao and Corey have a “very, very, very close relationship.” The source, who asked not to be identified, called Rao and Corey “very good friends” and “close allies.”
Corey was FL AG Pam Bondi's hand picked recommendation to Gov Scott
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