Robert Blake (Baretta) Defense Lawyers Win Later Hearing Date - New Evidence!

Channel 2 Los Angeles ^ | July 27, 2002

[Shermy]

Maybe the info above is why he's sounding confident...

Robert Blake: I'll be acquitted

[Maximum Leader]

Well if he gets an OJ jury he might walk. Basically if the jury thinks he really killed her, there are going to be some on the jury who think, well maybe he did it but she had it coming.

My favorite Bonnie Blakely story is how she told Blake she was on the pill, and she was... fertility pills.

[berned]

a taped conversation between Blake's slain wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, and an unidentified person she was encouraging to murder the wife of singer Jerry Lee Lewis so that Bakley could become his wife.

OK. So how does this exonerate Blake?

[Shermy]

Well, with the bold above, if true, she moves from petty criminal to plotting something bigger...being a mommy might not balance that one out! She'll have no sympathy.

Plus Blake has an alibi "I couldn't have shot her...I was going to get my gun at the time" ...don't know if that one will work.

[Shermy]

After that San Diego girl case, you might find some interest in this one.

[tessalu]

Just because Bonnie Blakley was a really low life, does not mean that Blake killed her. Hundreds of other men would have a good excuse as well.

[buffyt]

I saw that on TV today. Can't believe that is the same guy we used to watch on TV sitcoms. Grew up watching him on LIttle Rascals. I don't see how he could be acquitted.

[EllaMinnow]

Fresno DA is gone.

[berned]

Just because Bonnie Blakley was a really low life, does not mean that Blake killed her

I agree, but in and of itself, I don't see how the tape positively rules OUT Blake, or, exonerates him in any way.

Blakely WAS a low-life, other people DID have possible motive to kill her, but, assuming the DA has forensic evidence against Blake, I just don't see how the tape changes much of anything with respect to him. IOW, it doesn't provide Blake with an alibi regarding his OWN gulit/innocence.

[Shermy]

I see he was banned. Do you know why?

[Shermy]

[FreePaul]

I don't see how the tape positively rules OUT Blake, or, exonerates him in any way.

Maybe I don't understand the trial process. Does Blake have to "positively rule out" himself as the killer? I thought that the prosecution had to positively rule him in as the killer. But then I guess that I don't know much about California law.

[EllaMinnow]

That photo of Blake is just so, so, so indescribable...


Fresno "parodied" a post from the Admin mod.

[berned]

Maybe I don't understand the trial process. Does Blake have to "positively rule out" himself as the killer?

Well, let me give you a for instance...

Suppose that while OJ was still in jail, awaiting his murder trial, a tape surfaced showing that Nicole had discussed killing someone. Now, while that would be dastardly on her part, and the defense would be able to infer to the jury that Nicole (in our hypothetical) was a "low life", would the existance of that tape RULE OUT O.J. as Nicole's killer?

The Van Dam's had a lifestyle that many people think is "low life" but that did not Rule out Westerfield as Danielle's killer.

[hoosierskypilot]

"I guess that I don't know much about California law."

Neither do CA lawyers.

[janetgreen]

former Police Chief Bernard Parks resigned

Resigned? I thought he was fired.

[GVnana]

prosecutors arrested Blake long before their investigation was complete -- moving to bring him in before former Police Chief Bernard Parks resigned.

This does make things tough for Braun since Blake has been sitting in jail for a year. My guess is, this case will come down to physical evidence. Braun is smart enough to know that any number of people would have a motive to kill Bakley, including Hollywood hangers-on who would do favors for anyone with a profile.

I notice Bakley's family didn't give a sneeze of protest to Rose's custody being awarded to Blake's eldest daughter. I guess she's better-off.

[Shermy]

dead link.