Category: Trial Countdown

FLASH: VERDICTS

2:00pm Update:  Working around server issues and will post trial wrap post shortly.  New link to Judge Leibovitz’ ruling was added.  More soon.  Thanks for your patience.  the order is here Server crashed Defense runs the table. Acquittal on all…

Day 10: Updates

5:00pm Adjournment Update The downstairs tenant of 1509, Sarah Morgan, took the stand and described the relationships among the three defendants, her reasons for being gone on the night of the murder, and the series of phone calls she got…

Day 3: Wrap

The Pace Picks Up Six things we learned today: 1: Needle Marks.  EMT Jeff Baker made the point repeatedly that the needle puncture marks found in the autopsy were not from any efforts to resuscitate Robert either at 1509 Swann…

Get The Red Out

Despite The Judge’s Ruling, The Blood Stays In Left on the table for next week’s pre-trial hearings are Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ rulings on several matters: Doug Deedrick’s stab wound and fiber experiments, Robert Spaulding’s testing methodology, statements and in turn…

Metaphysics and Truth

Housekeeping…and Keeping on Track for May 10 It was a full courtroom, and relatively upbeat defendants, that greeted Judge Lynn Leibovitz as she gaveled in Friday’s status hearing at 3pm sharp.   On the agenda?  “Housekeeping and setting dates…” said the…

Advice and Consent

Zaborsky Withdraws Motion to Suppress An interesting consent motion ran across the clerk’s desk late Friday afternoon, but because the District of Columbia was celebrating Emancipation Day the Courthouse was closed.  And perhaps ironically, this filing may be evidence of…

Standing Room Only

Closing Night for Severance? Early into last Friday’s status hearing we learned of a letter that Joe Price counsel Bernie Grimm had sent (also on behalf of his three defense team colleagues) to Judge Lynn Leibovitz. Long described as one of the…