The Jury is Dismissed – Update: Friday, 11:00pm Just when you thought you had it all figured out. Normally we start the day knowing what we’ll post, but yesterday’s turn of events has scrambled our coverage plans as well as the trial itself. One…
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BULLETIN: Bench Trial?
Defense forgoing Jury Trial? 3:45pm Hearing TODAY We hoped to take a day off while jury selection was happening. It seems like a lot happened already: This just in from the Washington Post: Defense in Wone case may pass on…
Fall Guys
Take the defendants at their word; an unknown person came into their house with the express purpose of murdering Robert. The killer must have had one of only two possible careers, violent home invasion burglar or assassin. Sure the ninja has been…
What A Dump!
Beyond The Forest of Legal Documents We’re fighting clutter here; no easy feat. A week out from opening statements is as good a time as any for another document dump. These have been laying around a while and we’ve done…
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…
Logistics
The Trial Takes Shape Other than getting Judge Lynn Leibovitz’ rulings on experts and evidence from yesterday’s motions hearing, we got a clearer picture from her, the government and the defense team on what the trial’s structure will look like.…
Seven Days In May
One Week from Trial, and the Defense Closes Ranks As we head into the final week before the scheduled May 10 trial start, a final flurry of documents have accumulated in the DC Superior Court clerk’s office. Most regard defense efforts…
The Sunday Funnies
The Revolving Door Monday will find us one week out from the start of the trial. As we gear up and adjust our schedules to staff the expected month plus long proceedings, we’ve had to make some changes in the…
The Sunday Not-So Funny
Funeral For A Friend We’ve come to learn from the Harry Jaffe’s Washingtonian piece that in addition to the hundred and hundreds of mourners at Robert’s funeral service was at least one member of the DC MPD. The turnout and…
Uncharged Conduct II
Half the Story In the clerk’s office this week was thirty pages of Defense Joint Response to Government Notice of Uncharged Conduct II and Some Other Stuff. Nowhere to be found was the government’s notice that this filing responds to,…