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BREAKING: Rittenhouse defense asks for mistrial |
twitter ^ | Nov 10 | Breaking 911

Posted on 11/10/2021 11:20:46 AM PST by RandFan

BREAKING: Rittenhouse defense asks for mistrial | Watch Live

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: banglist; kenosha; kyle; kylerittenhouse; nifong; rittenhouse; seebreakingnews; twitter
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To: RandFan

Judge wants the case to get to the jury.

If Rittenhouse is acquitted, then that’s it.

At this point the judge could be at the point of ordering dismissal even if the jurors convict.


81 posted on 11/10/2021 12:37:02 PM PST by TheConservator (Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
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To: RandFan

“The Rittenhouse trial is fixed. He will get off. Every time the prosecutor makes a point or traps Rittenhouse in a lie, the judge intervenes to stop him. This is one of the most egregious examples of the lack of equal justice in this country that I have witnessed.”

Henry M. Rosenberg on Twitter

Just to illustrate the other side.


82 posted on 11/10/2021 12:55:52 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Little Ray
Well, it’s moot anyway. The judge didn’t grant it.

Thanks for that.

83 posted on 11/10/2021 1:16:50 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: Mr. K

I know that plenty of guns have not killed as many persons as Ted Kennedy’s Oldsmobile.


84 posted on 11/10/2021 1:40:34 PM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Jeff Chandler

Yeah, I think this trial has been pretty loose, even the judge doesn’t seem to have much control. He gets a little disturbed at the DA now and then, but lets him keep doing the same garbage. The defense attorneys are doing a little better, but they have the benefit of having all the facts and evidence in their favor. Still, not a favorable view of the Kenosha County court system.


85 posted on 11/10/2021 1:49:01 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: RandFan

Why would you want a mistrial when you are winning? Doesn’t that just mean you start over again? He could face a better Prosecutor, who has the hindsight to avoid all of the current pitfalls the current idiot has fallen into. Why start over when you are winning? I don’t get it. He seems to be on his way to full exoneration and having this thing behind him. Why ask for a mistrial and have to repeat the entire process with a better Prosecutor?

What am I missing here?


86 posted on 11/10/2021 1:56:21 PM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (America -- July 4, 1776 to November 3, 2020 -- R.I.P.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

If I’m on trial I want an attorney who fights for me like a junkyard dog. I want objections on EVERYTHING.

But that’s just me.


87 posted on 11/10/2021 2:03:20 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Absolutely.

One of the things I would not do if charged in a small county is get a local lawyer. They know they have to work with the DA in the future so they might not be as aggressive.

88 posted on 11/10/2021 2:10:07 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: RandFan

They have the wrong guy on trial 🤪


89 posted on 11/10/2021 2:20:37 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Jeff Chandler

There are a lot of reasons you don’t necessarily object to every objectionable question. For one, the objectionable testimony may actually be helping you. And for another, objections can draw the jury’s attention to something you don’t want them to pay attention to, or make it look like you are trying to hide something.

Experienced trial lawyers often make fewer objections, because they’ve learned that less is often more in front of the jury.


90 posted on 11/10/2021 2:21:16 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: RandFan

Those who have been following the trial on Rekieta Law on You Tube know that this thread is incorrect.

The Lead Defense Counsel informed the judge that he intends to file a motion for a dismissal of all charges with prejudice (which means that the case cannot be brought again). The grounds are based on prosecution misconduct regarding 5th Amendment violations in open court. However, the motion has not yet been filed. Stay tuned.


91 posted on 11/10/2021 2:22:46 PM PST by centurion316
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

They probably knew that the judge would deny it, and asking for a mistrial may have been necessary to preserve a complaint for either a post-verdict motion for new trial or for an appeal. In many jurisdictions, certain complaints can be waived by failing to move for a mistrial.


92 posted on 11/10/2021 2:23:53 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

If there is a mistrial with bias declared, the case cannot be retried.


93 posted on 11/10/2021 2:24:03 PM PST by EliRoom8
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Why would you want a mistrial when you are winning?

You ask for a mistrial so you don't waive it on appeal in the event that the jury decides to convict.

The prosecution appears to be pushing for a mistrial so they can have a do-over. The defense is asking for a mistrial with prejudice, meaning that the prosecution would not be able to retry him.

94 posted on 11/10/2021 2:24:31 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: The Pack Knight
Experienced trial lawyers often make fewer objections, because they’ve learned that less is often more in front of the jury.

It is hard for a jury to pay attention during all of the testimony during a trial. It is like trying to listen to two weeks of lectures, eight hours a day, in a course that you did not choose to take.

You want the jury to pay attention when you are questioning witnesses, not necessarily when the other side is questioning witnesses. If the jurors are starting to nod off while the opposing attorney is questioning a witness and you make an objection, the jury will pay more attention. If the objection is sustained, they will really start paying more attention.

So you object only when you have to. When you have to object you stand up and calmly state the objection, like it is no big deal whichever way the judge rules.

95 posted on 11/10/2021 2:32:59 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Early in my career, I had a non-English-speaking client having a very bad time on the stand, giving some terrible testimony through the translator. Apparently I didn’t have much of a poker face, because I spoke to a couple jurors afterwards and they mentioned how frustrated I looked.

That was a pretty valuable lesson. Since then, I’ve learned to look like I am falling asleep myself during the other guy’s questioning. Funny enough, that was another lawyer’s case that was referred to me to re-try after a mistrial.


96 posted on 11/10/2021 2:48:06 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: granite
With prejudice, meaning no retrial.

We vote for a mistrial in favor of Kyle Rittenhouse.

97 posted on 11/10/2021 2:57:52 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: enumerated

” Based on my extensive experience watching TV crime shows, I’d say that is grounds for a mistrial.”

Totally meaningless if you didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn last night.


98 posted on 11/10/2021 3:12:56 PM PST by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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To: The Pack Knight

Back in the early 1990s, when I was a few years out of law school, I got to serve on a jury in a murder trial. It surprised the hell out of me that neither side struck me. It was the best CLE I have ever had.


99 posted on 11/10/2021 4:44:49 PM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

“A mistrial order is a legal decision by the judge that can be more easily overturned by a quarter of appeals.”

OMG!!!


100 posted on 11/10/2021 4:54:47 PM PST by sergeantdave (Federal courts no longer have any standing in America. )
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