11-01-2013, 03:13 PM
MEDICAL TESTIMONY
Sure hope that the judge allows the state's medical expert, Dr. Joshua Perper, to testify. The state really needs Dr. Perper, IMO.
Perper's a renowned forensic pathologist whose expert opinion of blood test analysis results contradicts the defense's claim that Michele died of heart malfunction.
There's a hearing underway now to determine whether the judge will allow him to testify that it's his professional opinion that Michele MacNeill instead died of drowning.
THE STATE'S MEDICAL EXAMINER:
Yesterday, Utah Medical Examiner Todd Grey testified that he could not determine Michele's exact cause of death but said it could have come from a heart attack combined with drug toxicity. That supports the defense's contention.
THE STATES EXPERT WITNESS - CARDIOLOGIST:
Today, Utah cardiologist David Cragun said 50-year-old Michele had a mild form of heart disease that wouldn't have killed her. This refutes the defense's contention that Michele had a heart attack and died after falling into a bathtub in 2007.
Sure hope that the judge allows the state's medical expert, Dr. Joshua Perper, to testify. The state really needs Dr. Perper, IMO.
Perper's a renowned forensic pathologist whose expert opinion of blood test analysis results contradicts the defense's claim that Michele died of heart malfunction.
There's a hearing underway now to determine whether the judge will allow him to testify that it's his professional opinion that Michele MacNeill instead died of drowning.
THE STATE'S MEDICAL EXAMINER:
Yesterday, Utah Medical Examiner Todd Grey testified that he could not determine Michele's exact cause of death but said it could have come from a heart attack combined with drug toxicity. That supports the defense's contention.
THE STATES EXPERT WITNESS - CARDIOLOGIST:
Today, Utah cardiologist David Cragun said 50-year-old Michele had a mild form of heart disease that wouldn't have killed her. This refutes the defense's contention that Michele had a heart attack and died after falling into a bathtub in 2007.