Defendants Waive Right to Jury Trial – Update: Wednesday, 5:38pm It was a thin courtroom that gathered at 3:45pm this afternoon. No family, no friends; just attorneys and media. Ward counsel David Schertler rose with the defendant’s request to waive their…
Category: Pre-trial coverage
Speak Truth
Voir Dire and Seating the “Ideal” Jury Wednesday begins the process of voir dire – roughly meaning ‘speak true’ – in which Judge Lynn Leibovitz and both legal teams will sort through the pool of seventy potentials to seat a…
Pre-trial Coverage – Day 2 Morning
All about Miranda UPDATE 3:45pm Tuesday: Judge Leibovitz denies motions to sever; allows introduction of videotapes and statements as not-as-fact except for very brief excerpts for fact. More coming. Statements continued as the issue of the day, and as expected…
Pre-trial Coverage – Day 1 Wrap
Plus – A Surprise Witness Tuesday The afternoon picked up with continuation of Detective Waid’s testimony on cross by Price defense counsel Bernie Grimm. Argument proceeded from this morning, with defense trying to establish length of time the defendants were…