02-28-2015, 02:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-28-2015, 04:05 AM by Lunarscope.)
On March 2014 Slim wrote'Lots of interesting stuff hit the court docket today:
Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party
2/28/2014 023 - ME: Order Entered By Court - Party (001) 2/28/2014
2/21/2014 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 2/28/2014
NOTE: SUPPLEMENTAL FILING IN SUPPORT OF NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AS EXPERT WITNESS AND MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA; NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AS EXPERT WITNESS AND MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA; NOTICE OF FILING
2/21/2014 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 2/28/2014
NOTE: MOTION TO CONTINUE DISCLOSURE DEADLINE; DEFENDANTS RESPONSE; OBJECTING TO CONDUCTING TRIAL (PENALTY PHASE) IN SECRET AND ALLOWING WITNESSES TO TESTIFY UNDER A PSEUDONYM; SENTENCING MEMORANDUM.
2/20/2014 028 - ME: Status Conference Set - Party (001) 2/20/2014
2/19/2014 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 2/28/2014
NOTE: MOTION TO SEAL EXPERT WITNESS CHERYL KARPS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION TO PRECLUDE PENALTY PHASE REBUTTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERT WITNESS CHERYL KARPS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION TO PRECLUDE PENALTY PHASE REBUTTAL EVIDENCE
2/19/2014 081 - ME: Trial Vacated - Party (001) 2/19/2014
Which expert witness is withdrawing? Is this officially LaViolette? I don't know the rules of retrial, but if the retrial does not automatically cover previous witnesses, then this should be someone else? Does not make sense that everyone would be automatically under subpoena, requiring a motion to quash it.
Ooh, ooh, ooh. Dr. Karp's name is being thrown around for real this time. Last time it was supposedly an error in an electronic filing, but this time it looks like she is supposed to factor into the penalty phase somehow. Can anyone make sense of this? Does the prosecution want to use Karp's words against Arias in the rebuttal phase of the penalty trial and that is what the defense is trying to keep out?
Saving the best one for last...OBJECTING TO CONDUCTING TRIAL (PENALTY PHASE) IN SECRET AND ALLOWING WITNESSES TO TESTIFY UNDER A PSEUDONYM; SENTENCING MEMORANDUM. WTF? The dockets shows "defendant's response" but there is no entry on the docket for the original motion, but I am going to guess that Nurmi filed a motion to have the trial in secret and allowing witnesses to testify under a pseudonym, with Martinez objecting and now this is Nurmi responding back to the State's objection? If my interpretation is correct, this is taking things way too far and Judge Stephens better not completely close the retrial. I can't imagine that, yet she has taken things much, much further than I expected. It does make me uncomfortable with the lack of transparency.
Observer said,
Duluth, I can't stand Alyce LaViolette and I remember reading about a video she made' trashing Alexander and Martinez to her groupies who were all cheering her on. That was right after she testified in 2013. I also vaguely remember Arias claiming she was donating proceeds of her survivors T shirts to a battered wives shelter and the shelter stating on their website that they did not receive any donations and asking her to take their name off of her website selling the t shirts. That was two years ago.
@ Alyce worked in Long Beach Ca. at a shelter as a counselor or lectured victims, I don't know if it's the same one (told JII to stop about t-shirts) but theirs a likelyhood (both in Long Beach Ca.) I was never able to confirm address!
Yes, Duluth if the jury hangs or votes for life, the judge decides on life without parole or release after 25 years. The release after 25 years was abolished in 2009 because the legislature determined anyone convicted of first degree murder should never get out of prison. Because Arias committed the crime in 2008, she could get released after 25 years but that has never happened so no one knows how that works. There is no parole for first degree murder in Arizona.
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So assume no DP by jury' be it life or undecided, what stops Jodi from appealing on grounds of wanting out in 25 years' Jodi will play the court system like a fiddle, time served is her wish!
If Life without parole' Jodi will argue the courts were undecided about 25 years and for ease Judge omitted the option' not knowing the time served ramifications, it's appeal fuel out the ying-yang, first jury asked "what does life mean" 10 months later and still no answer, DP is the only way to avoid (sentencing) grounds for appeal!
What if this jury asks the same question? Parole or release after 25 years or not? If all things (deliberations) equal, jurors should reach that question about lunchtime Monday!
Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party
2/28/2014 023 - ME: Order Entered By Court - Party (001) 2/28/2014
2/21/2014 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 2/28/2014
NOTE: SUPPLEMENTAL FILING IN SUPPORT OF NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AS EXPERT WITNESS AND MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA; NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL AS EXPERT WITNESS AND MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA; NOTICE OF FILING
2/21/2014 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 2/28/2014
NOTE: MOTION TO CONTINUE DISCLOSURE DEADLINE; DEFENDANTS RESPONSE; OBJECTING TO CONDUCTING TRIAL (PENALTY PHASE) IN SECRET AND ALLOWING WITNESSES TO TESTIFY UNDER A PSEUDONYM; SENTENCING MEMORANDUM.
2/20/2014 028 - ME: Status Conference Set - Party (001) 2/20/2014
2/19/2014 SDO - Order to Seal Documents - Party (001) 2/28/2014
NOTE: MOTION TO SEAL EXPERT WITNESS CHERYL KARPS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION TO PRECLUDE PENALTY PHASE REBUTTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERT WITNESS CHERYL KARPS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION TO PRECLUDE PENALTY PHASE REBUTTAL EVIDENCE
2/19/2014 081 - ME: Trial Vacated - Party (001) 2/19/2014
Which expert witness is withdrawing? Is this officially LaViolette? I don't know the rules of retrial, but if the retrial does not automatically cover previous witnesses, then this should be someone else? Does not make sense that everyone would be automatically under subpoena, requiring a motion to quash it.
Ooh, ooh, ooh. Dr. Karp's name is being thrown around for real this time. Last time it was supposedly an error in an electronic filing, but this time it looks like she is supposed to factor into the penalty phase somehow. Can anyone make sense of this? Does the prosecution want to use Karp's words against Arias in the rebuttal phase of the penalty trial and that is what the defense is trying to keep out?
Saving the best one for last...OBJECTING TO CONDUCTING TRIAL (PENALTY PHASE) IN SECRET AND ALLOWING WITNESSES TO TESTIFY UNDER A PSEUDONYM; SENTENCING MEMORANDUM. WTF? The dockets shows "defendant's response" but there is no entry on the docket for the original motion, but I am going to guess that Nurmi filed a motion to have the trial in secret and allowing witnesses to testify under a pseudonym, with Martinez objecting and now this is Nurmi responding back to the State's objection? If my interpretation is correct, this is taking things way too far and Judge Stephens better not completely close the retrial. I can't imagine that, yet she has taken things much, much further than I expected. It does make me uncomfortable with the lack of transparency.
Observer said,
Duluth, I can't stand Alyce LaViolette and I remember reading about a video she made' trashing Alexander and Martinez to her groupies who were all cheering her on. That was right after she testified in 2013. I also vaguely remember Arias claiming she was donating proceeds of her survivors T shirts to a battered wives shelter and the shelter stating on their website that they did not receive any donations and asking her to take their name off of her website selling the t shirts. That was two years ago.
@ Alyce worked in Long Beach Ca. at a shelter as a counselor or lectured victims, I don't know if it's the same one (told JII to stop about t-shirts) but theirs a likelyhood (both in Long Beach Ca.) I was never able to confirm address!
Yes, Duluth if the jury hangs or votes for life, the judge decides on life without parole or release after 25 years. The release after 25 years was abolished in 2009 because the legislature determined anyone convicted of first degree murder should never get out of prison. Because Arias committed the crime in 2008, she could get released after 25 years but that has never happened so no one knows how that works. There is no parole for first degree murder in Arizona.
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So assume no DP by jury' be it life or undecided, what stops Jodi from appealing on grounds of wanting out in 25 years' Jodi will play the court system like a fiddle, time served is her wish!
If Life without parole' Jodi will argue the courts were undecided about 25 years and for ease Judge omitted the option' not knowing the time served ramifications, it's appeal fuel out the ying-yang, first jury asked "what does life mean" 10 months later and still no answer, DP is the only way to avoid (sentencing) grounds for appeal!
What if this jury asks the same question? Parole or release after 25 years or not? If all things (deliberations) equal, jurors should reach that question about lunchtime Monday!