Tuesday is over early
Boy, did the jurors get their exercise today. In the last 90 minutes, the jurors were asked to leave twice. That made the third and fourth times today the jurors were excused. The third time the judge instructed them to go to the jury room, a few jurors laughed quietly and/or smiled big. I am not sure if they are frustrated or amused. It's almost like they expect to be excused some point in almost every one's testimony. This afternoon they were excused when Lt. Tracy Pyle came to the stand. (This is his second time on the stand.) Pyle was going to testify about some information one of the Hispanic workers told investigators. The defense objected to the hearsay evidence. However, since Jose testified to similar information last week, the judge allowed most of Pyle's testimony. He told the jurors, when they returned, Jose thought it was odd that Jerry asked him to change the oil filters around the time Emily went missing. The investigators then proceeded to walk around the farm with Jose to look for the filters and photograph tractors. Lisa Dubs asked him two questions: Did he understand the Hispanics when they were interviewed? Pyle said he has experience as an investigator, EMT and firefighter with working his Hispanic and he understood the workers. Dubs also asked him about the dirt samples collected around the tree where the dogs alerted. Pyle, who was there that day the dogs searched, said he and Sgt. Bennett collected those samples but he did not know if they were ever tested or the results of those samples.
Then, the jurors leave again. Bellas wanted to recess earlier than 3:30 because his next witnesses are lengthy and he didn't want to break up their testimony. However, the judge ruled there was 35 minutes left in the day and to call the next witness. The jurors were brought back in and Sgt. Bennett took the stand. He's just getting into the details. He was lead investigator while Emily Anderson was missing.
He'll be on the stand tomorrow, providing more details of the sheriff's office's investigation. Remember, we are done for the day because one of the jurors had a family emergency, so I will be back tomorrow morning.
Then, the jurors leave again. Bellas wanted to recess earlier than 3:30 because his next witnesses are lengthy and he didn't want to break up their testimony. However, the judge ruled there was 35 minutes left in the day and to call the next witness. The jurors were brought back in and Sgt. Bennett took the stand. He's just getting into the details. He was lead investigator while Emily Anderson was missing.
He'll be on the stand tomorrow, providing more details of the sheriff's office's investigation. Remember, we are done for the day because one of the jurors had a family emergency, so I will be back tomorrow morning.
posted by THE HICKORY DAILY RECORD at at
3:38 PM
5 Comments:
Oh.... I’m afraid to ask. The prosecution makes a point of bringing back Lt. Pyle to confirm he heard a witness mention oil filters. But what is the significance of Jerry having the oil filters changed? Normally I give people the benefit of the doubt when they bring up a random point in conversation. I assume they are going somewhere with it. But in this case, with meaningless fingerprints and paint chips and nothing tied together, I’m afraid to ask what the significance of the oil change is because I’m afraid the prosecution has no point at all.
Some other significant evidence I might have heard through the grapevine:
1) Jerry ate a pickle on Thursday, the day before Emily disappeared. He normally only eats pickles on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays! Why the change?
2) I heard a cadaver dog once looked in the direction of Iraq and then begged for a treat. This was the basis for our government knowing about the Weapons Of Mass Destruction.
3) Jerry’s 5th grade teacher said he once came late to school. Which begs the question, where was he and what was he doing?
I’m not at all surprised the jury members are laughing.... I think they are beginning to understand something about the prosecution.
With the jury playing musical chairs in the courthouse how long can you expect their attention span to last??? If I were a juror I would laugh too. In deliberation I expect they will need to do a lot of reading and re-reading to figure out just what the hell they are supposed to deliberate over. Being excused so many times would confuse anyone to the point of losing interest.
So the prints don't match anyone. Just what is the prosecution leading too?? What is their ACE in the hole?? Have they been playing poker with drunken cadaver dogs?? By the way I want to attend the next meeting of the cadaver dog convention because Cherry Moonshine sounds awfully tasty. I"d be willing to bet they are held in or around Junior Johnsons neck of the woods.
Know the facts??? If the prosecution has 20 plus years of expierence may I ask in what?? Kangaroo court we played as children?? We held better council in my neighborhood for stealing wiffle balls. Maybe you should run for D.A. next term. Know the facts is just what the prosecution needs to do..They have fumbled the ball and are grasping at straws.I just wonder who will get the long straw in the end.....HMMMMMMMMMM....Food for thought....
How many of you have ever sat through a trial like this before? I'm curious if this is the way the cases usually go. To me it all sounds crazy and like a circus, but I have to admit I've never sat in on a case like this and I've never seen a case documented on a blog as it happens either.
Well now that we have Det. Pyle confirming that the oil filters got changed and the fact he understands Spanish maybe we can get this defendant a fair trial. We can only hope that Det. Bennett will testify that he sent the dirt samples off for testing to the state lab and we actually have those results. What happened to the tow truck owner who was going to testify?
eureka,
Most capital cases are not like a 3-ringed-circus - what you are witnessing are 2 assistant prosecutors at work - neither of them having ever tried a capital case before. As to the inability of law enforcement to add 2 + 2, I can only say they are either trying to make the best out of really bad evidence and are failing miserably, or they are totally inept and do not know how to retrieve evidence at all. I may bust a gut laughing should I hear that the next investigator testifies about "mixing a moulage" ala Barney Fife! I really feel for the jury members.
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