VAN DAM vs. Westerfield, 6-24-02: Televised proceedings a far cry from O.J. fiasco!

Union Tribune ^ | June 24, 2002 | Alex Roth

[Freedom2specul8]

coroner cut all the hair off..and the witness just got a snotty remark by feldman cuz she said some hairs had been pulled prior to. feldman's a smartarse

[Freedom2specul8]

feldman's angle trying to question her expertise..make it look likes she's not had enough to the jury and now it looks like he might be trying to say ??? Am waiting

[Freedom2specul8]

This change in feldman's demeanor will not go over well with jury if he doesn't quit.

[Freedom2specul8]

feldman asked if the hair she didn't note as what kind of animal..could have been squirrels.

[nycgal]

He's coming close to badgering the witness

[Freedom2specul8]

feldman's trying to insinuate there was a 3rd dog.. dang..5 dogs..who's dogs were these?

[cyncooper]

Kim, this is how he always cross-examines witnesses. (I agree, though, he is accusatory in tone.)

[Freedom2specul8]

Well, he's known as being a dog himself...he's snarling right now.

[Freedom2specul8]

The jury will probably not feel sympathy for the witness cuz she's not a member of the family etc.., but they will note that the results of her testing should outweight feldman's snottiness. Snottiness does not beget new facts.

Good noon break..his snottiness will trail off...and lose its impact. Good.

[nycgal]

I've been neutral all along, but if I were on the jury I would be a bit turned off by Feldman today.

[BigBobber]

What Feldman is trying to point out through cross, is that there are all kinds of hairs in the MH that the DA didn't tell the jury about. Just like the 22 shell. The jury is not getting the whole picture from the DA.

[nycgal]

Taking advantage of the noon break to take care of some chores.

[Freedom2specul8]

Actually, when the prosecution had the witness explain the chart..he had her confirm that out of ALL the hairs and fibers etc found in the MH, the hairs discussed on the chart and in questioning represented only a small fraction of hairs found in the MH. They specifically said that the chart represented or showed only a small set of all the sets of hair found in the MH. They were the hairs the technicians/criminalists were searching for.

[Freedom2specul8]

I have to tell you I KNOW I've leaned towards the prosecution side more than defense because of child porn, blood and hair and his crazy weekend...there hasn't been anything else that has outweighed it.

ALL--I have to go too...don't knwo when I'll get back..

[Freedom2specul8]

court tv just announced that the jury would get to look at the motorhome. it will be brought to the courthouse. back to chores.

[BigBobber]

Thanks, I didn't hear that part.

What Feldman seems to be getting at is there were a lot of animal hairs in the MH that were not looked at very carefully. If they can be shown to come from other dogs in area, or perhaps DWs ex-girlfriend's dog, it would make Layla's hairs less incriminating. Would also show DW had not cleaned out MH vary carefully, contrary to what posters keep telling us.

I must say the large number of Danielle carpet fibers in the MH is very puzzling. How would so many carpet fibers be transfered to the MH? Just from DW walking in her room? From Danielle rolling on carpet and then being carried from room to DW house to MH? If the carpet fibers are picked up that easily, could they not have come from the Girl Scout cookie visit? Is the carpet in Danielle's room different from the rest of the house? Did the witness give a count of how many DW home fibers in MH vs Danielle's room fibers? How about DW home fibers in Danielles room?

Sorry for so many questions. Only listend for a short time today.

[bvw]

Kim, if and when you ever serve on a criminal jury, you must not so take the prosecution's side -- that voids the presumption of innocence.

[Jaded]

So does this mean that if they found 26 long dark brown chemically treated hairs, it wouldn't be brought up? What about red hair. They were selective in what was analyzed. I want the WHOLE picture, not just the convenient parts.

[John Jamieson]

Only one conclusion: DW abused the dog too! The present one must an imposter. Real Layla was on the other side of the road from Danielle.

[John Jamieson]

Sounds like they're going to claim the the MH was the murder scene.