I understand how they'd want to watch all the proceedings, but aren't witnesses generally prohibited from viewing/knowing what has been said in the trial?
Potential witnesses are generally barred from being in court during the trial but the judge allowed them. Sounds like more grounds for a defense appeal, as if they needed more.
Anyone know how about far along the prosecution is in their presentation of their side of the case and have they mostly already shot their “big guns” regarding witnesses and evidence?
>> I’m still not certain on how TM’s parents are in the courtroom if they’re going to be witnesses in the case???
My guess (and it is just a guess):
There may be some sort of “victim rights” law in FL that says the family of the “victim” MUST BE allowed to witness the trial.
That makes for an unavoidable legal conflict with the doctrine that a witness can’t view the trial. So something has to give...