04-25-2013, 03:04 PM
Another weird day in court.
The ME (Dr. Horn) was called by Martinez again to testify that the shot to Travis's face came last; after he was stabbed. Prosecution and juror questions asked about cases where Travis could have been ambulatory after a head shot. Earlier in the case, there was apparently some misunderstanding between Horn and Investigator Flores (who had said in hearings that the ME had concluded that the shot came first). Horn says that was never his opinion.
Juror 8 was dismissed today, just as the Prosecution rested its rebuttal case (which included showing the jury the autopsy photos; surely no accident that Martinez ended his case with those images). Juror 8 is a middle aged white male who reportedly took a lot of notes and submitted juror questions. No reason for his dismissal given yet.
The judge has granted the defense's request for a surrebuttal witness to rebut Demarte's testimony. He'll testify Wednesday.
Wednesday is gonna be a long day; the judge declared they'll start at 9 am and keep going until testimony is through so jury instructions can be read on Thursday, after which closing arguments will begin.
The ME (Dr. Horn) was called by Martinez again to testify that the shot to Travis's face came last; after he was stabbed. Prosecution and juror questions asked about cases where Travis could have been ambulatory after a head shot. Earlier in the case, there was apparently some misunderstanding between Horn and Investigator Flores (who had said in hearings that the ME had concluded that the shot came first). Horn says that was never his opinion.
Juror 8 was dismissed today, just as the Prosecution rested its rebuttal case (which included showing the jury the autopsy photos; surely no accident that Martinez ended his case with those images). Juror 8 is a middle aged white male who reportedly took a lot of notes and submitted juror questions. No reason for his dismissal given yet.
The judge has granted the defense's request for a surrebuttal witness to rebut Demarte's testimony. He'll testify Wednesday.
Wednesday is gonna be a long day; the judge declared they'll start at 9 am and keep going until testimony is through so jury instructions can be read on Thursday, after which closing arguments will begin.