11-21-2014, 03:40 PM
(11-21-2014, 01:11 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: HEY, WHERE'S THE PORN? -- accusations and motions between the Defense and the State delay trial testimonyThis is a fairly odd update, as I heard on local news last week that the judge was denying the motion to dismiss because the defense tampered with the laptop in question.
Day 13 of Jodi Arias Penalty Re-Trial
Testimony in the sentencing retrial of Jodi Arias takes the day off today, but attorneys will be in court for a hearing to address a defense motion to have Arias' murder conviction thrown out.
They claim images of pornography on murder victim Travis Alexander's computer were destroyed while in Mesa police custody.
And in another twist, prosecutor Juan Martinez has filed a motion to have sanctions against Arias' attorneys.
The motion claims that one of the defense team's expert witnesses damaged a laptop computer that could be a key piece of evidence in the case.
The defense witness was expected to testify that he found thousands of pornographic images on Alexander's computer.
However, the prosecution's motion alleges that the computer was damaged so that the state's computer expert could not re-examine it.
The motion also claims that Arias' attorneys handed over computer files that belonged, "to an individual named Tony," that had nothing to do with the case.
As for a defense motion to throw the murder conviction out, the hearing Friday will discuss the thousands of pornographic images the defense claims were deleted from Alexander's computer while in the custody of Mesa police.
Read more: http://www.kpho.com/story/27448806/day-1...z3Jivj2M9R