The children heard a thump, that was explained as him falling off a chair, according to the article. Did they also hear fighting and threatening that would explain why he was shot? Seems like if a thump from falling off a chair was heard, violence requiring mortal self-defense would have also been heard.
The children heard a thump, that was explained as him falling off a chair, according to the article. Did they also hear fighting and threatening that would explain why he was shot? Seems like if a thump from falling off a chair was heard, violence requiring mortal self-defense would have also been heard.
My hubby has arthritis. His dr. doesn't prescribe him ANY of those pain pills. Well, he does have Ambien, but that's used for sleep. Geez, if she was taking all those.....HOLY COW. ...that poor family. They were probably walking on eggshells around her. That's some strong meds she was taking.Oxycontin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, Ambien and Valium, all in the defendant's name," Watanabe said.
VISTA — County prosecutors are accusing former District Attorney Paul Pfingst of hiding evidence in a high-profile Carlsbad murder case.
They say Pfingst could have a conflict of interest so serious that a judge might decide to disallow him from representing his client, Julie Harper, who is accused of killing her husband, a Carlsbad High math teacher.
Deputy District Attorney Keith Watanabe filed a motion last month in Vista Superior Court accusing Pfingst of trying to hide evidence, including a backpack containing cash, passports and a gun — although it was not the gun used to kill the husband.
New developments in regards to Julie Harper's attorney. He may not be allowed to defend her.
You might remember him in regards to being the DA when John Gardner "got lost in the system".
http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/03/paul-pfingst-killed-chelsa-king.html
There's accusations of hiding his client's kill and flee backpack.
Oct. 3, 2013 - Ex-DA Pfingst accused of hiding evidence
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/03/paul-pfingst-evidence-murder-case-julie-harper/
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Is Pfingst allowed to accept cash from the backpack given to him by the father? Somehow this seems odd. So, for example, can an attorney take money from a drug dealer if that money could be used as evidence against him? I don't know very much about rules of evidence or whatever it is called. TIA. :seeya:
"The father showed the bag to Pfingst and gave him the cash to put toward his daughter’s legal fees and possible bail. While talking with the attorney in the garage, the father decided to put the backpack in the garage attic. The goal was to keep the contents undisturbed, the father testified."
New developments in regards to Julie Harper's attorney. He may not be allowed to defend her.
You might remember him in regards to being the DA when John Gardner "got lost in the system".
http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2010/03/paul-pfingst-killed-chelsa-king.html
There's accusations of hiding his client's kill and flee backpack.
Oct. 3, 2013 - Ex-DA Pfingst accused of hiding evidence
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/03/paul-pfingst-evidence-murder-case-julie-harper/
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In his opening statement, Deputy District Attorney Keith Watanabe told jurors that the defendant shot her husband once in the side during a morning argument in their bedroom while their three young children watched cartoons downstairs. The defendant then left the home with a "getaway bag" instead of calling for help, Watanabe said...
A week before her husband's death, the defendant forged his signature and withdrew $9,000 from two banks and later withdrew $11,000 from her daughter's college fund, the prosecutor said...
The son said his parents -- who slept apart in the same room -- were arguing about the whereabouts of Jason's computer the morning of the killing.
Defense attorney Paul Pfingst told the jury that the couple’s children told authorities that their father was verbally abusive toward their mother and called her a “fat pig” and other names when she gained weight during her third pregnancy.
Pfingst said his client — a stay-at-home mom who suffered from a painful arthritic condition and from Plantar fasciitis — stayed in the marriage to try to keep the family together, but Jason Harper didn’t want to go through an expensive divorce and grew to hate his wife because she didn’t work or contribute to the household financially.
Watanabe painted a very different picture of Jason Harper than was described in court by the defense attorney. “Everybody loved Jason,” he said.
He said the defendant made only a brief mention in divorce filings that her husband had been verbally abusive, used profanity, had pushed and shoved her, and twisted her arm on one occasion.
“This is the extent of Julie Harper’s description of their ‘abusive’ marriage,” Watanabe said.