I think that JB screwed himself by saying no reports would be authored by experts.
Big time; because, as Joy Path opined the other day that is a rather obvious stall tactic. They do not have photographic memory for the hundreds of cases they may have worked over the years it took for this trial to get here. Of course they have memorialized their findings. Judge Perry sure fixed that problem.
He ordered all of their notes, photos, videos, etc turned over by Friday at 4pm , after Mr. Ashton explained that indeed these folks depos are coming up far sooner than the deadlines the judge first offered.
It is of no concern to me, whatsoever, that at this time, that the media get to see the penalty phase witnesses, and what they may testify to, just so long as the state gets it. Indeed Mrs. Finnell walked that list right over to Mr. Ashton at the end of the hearing. She agreed to take a call from him to go over what each witness will testify to. Now he is all set to do their depos, fully prepared. It would be interesting to see the list, but the only thing that really matters is that the state isn't blindsighted. I fully expect the folks to opine as they did for Scott Peterson
the person I knew, then
the one I knew and loved.....
and no one to say anything about the here and now, not Ryan, Amy, Will, Ricardo, the police cadets,
only the local minister, mom and Lee.
I do not expect any of them to take to the stand and say they had knowledge of Casey being molested; because, the obvious question the jurors will infer is why didn't YOU try to put a stop to it, it just wont be believed if they do.
By the time the trial gets here the state will know how much the experts are being paid and be in a position to question them on that. It isn't like they were denied the information, just a little more paperwork to get to it. No worries, that is what they have law clerks and paralegs to do, type up subpoenas to be signed.
What they did leave there with is something they have been waiting two years for, by the end of this week they will have anything and everything these various experts are going to opine about in trial. It is over after that.
Did you notice Mrs. Finnell get that look of something unfamiliar, and mouth the words "The meter reader?" Oh boy is she ever going to feel lost in quicksand.
The good news is she seems so far to be far more professional and understand the rules of handing things over to the other side, more than Skipper and Gillighan combined.
It was a great 40 minutes the judge spared today,on a quick break, during his trial. WOW!
