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…
Hampton’s Memory Loss
Both the government and defense picked up from where they left off at Wednesday’s motions’ hearing with the biggies still to be decided, including motions to suppress and sever. The first witnesses were called today, even though the trial has not begun…
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…