New evidence implicates Westerfield: (Dusek Fires Final Shot?) Trial Thread, July 10, 2002

Union Trib ^ | July 10, 2002 | Steve Perez/Greg Magnus

[alexandria]

Nope. Layla, the non-barking dog, is still alive and kicking as far as we know. Catch ya tommorow UCAN! ALL!

[Rheo]

Ok...I have gone thru testimonies....there was no mention of towels on the MH floor by anyone that was there 2/4, 2/5, 2/6/2/8...not until Tanya Dulaney took fiber lifts on 2/13 did those towels get mentioned.

[Rheo]

Still have Detectives statements to go thru..the above was from forensic techs.

[calawah98]

The motion for the alarm chip was denied. It is in the hands of a private citizen if there is one and penal code does not allow it to be introduced

[Rheo]

ok...thank you for that info.

So there will be no way to determine if the magnet trick wiped out any data?

[rolling_stone]

Huh? Cell phone records are in the hands of private citizens and they were introduced.

[dread78645]

Yeah, who last saw her alive? Other than the parents, etc.

Denise Kemal stated she bought some cookies Friday nite before they went to the garage and smoked.
The order was in Danielles handwriting and Denise signed --that would have to the last independent observation she was alive.

[Rheo]

Do you recall ever hearing which pair of shoes and which pair of boots of DW's were seized?...any identifiers..like black boots?

[calawah98]

I would say it is in the hands of Vd. I think what they were looking for was the times when VD said the lights were blinking

[Rheo]

Well, I hope SDPD checked it out.

[calawah98]

I sure would'nt bet any money on the LE doing any thing right. I cannot believe what I have been seeing and reading.They only had one person in mind, DW, anything else fell by the way side.
I think the item number is 31 on the motions of discovery for the burglar alarm memory chip
Also another item 37 or 38 where motion denied pertained to
DW attorney gaining access to DV home to go thro and see what they could find.
Judge would not make a motion for an order to do so.

[alexandria]

Check this out!

PARTNER SWAPPING COMES OUT OF CLOSET

Today's partner swapping is more upscale, perhaps more accepted

by Julian Guthrie
Chronicle Staff Writer

Swinging, the practice of swapping romantic partners, has had a makeover.

Gone are the big-hair, gold-chain '70s-style swingers who gathered in suburban tract homes. Today's energetic couplings have made their way into mainstream resorts and upscale commercial venues.

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For instance, more than 4,000 swingers recently took over the 17-story Radisson Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. Each January, about 2,000 swingers take over a Jamaican resort called Hedonism. Thousands of swingers are expected at a national convention in Reno this month.

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Rest of article at: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/09/MN242428.DTL

[Rheo]

It is disturbing!

I don't like these towels suddenly appearing on the MH floor with trace on them either.

Dusek made it sound today like the black boots were missing....he didn't mention that they seized a pair of boots and a pair of shoes...Hopefully, Feldman will call David Cornacchia to testify that he examined those black boots for blood evidence, and there was none...that's why they weren't in the closet on 2/13...if not..better produce those babies somehow.

[calawah98]

I read on this forum today the only boots they found were a pair of brown ones, no black, wonder if he is wearing them?
I have to get out of here and hit the sack, check in later today.

[Rheo]

Goodnight!..I'm out of here too.

He was wearing them, they seized them or he got rid of them for sinister reasons, I guess.

[itsahoot]

The Supreme Court says they have to turn it over.

Only if the defense knows about it and specificially asks for it.

[EllaMinnow]

It was the defense that asked for the suppression.

[fnord]

just my .02 to start the day, but this 10 day break upcoming is totally bogus. Unless the evidence today overwhelmingly and completely exonerates DW, the jury has 10 days of pro-DA spin to 'avoid'.

Yep, we're all for justice, as long as it doesn't interrupt our vacations or weekends.

[bvw]

It says a whole lot about "Judge" Mudd and his dedication (NOT) to justice that he would hold his vacation higher than a man's life and a girl's death.

It is sick.

[shezza]

From the SCOTUS 1984 decsion:

"A defendant has a constitutionally protected privilege to request and obtain from the prosecution evidence that is either material to the guilt of the defendant or relevant to the punishment to be imposed. Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S., at 87 . Even in the absence of a specific request, the prosecution has a constitutional duty to turn over exculpatory evidence that would raise a reasonable doubt about the defendant's guilt. United States v. Agurs, 427 U.S., at 112."