Spacey testimony

Spector attorney Linda Kenney Baden is aggressively questioning prosecution expert Lynne Herold, who does not agree with the defense's position that blood can spatter more than three feet. The range of the blood spatter when Lana Clarkson was shot is a lynchpin to the defense's argument that she shot herself. Blood was found on the jacket prosecutors said Spector was wearing; the defense say the blood spatter pattern suggests he was five feet away, too far away to have pulled the trigger. Herold, on the other hand, says he was no more than three feet distant, well within range to have fired the fatal shot.

The jurors are staring into space, twirling pens. Two have foxed off for periods.

Comments

[JayjonaOne]

Questions for anyone
There is not much blood on the pistol grip. Would that not indicate that a full hand was covering the grip. I tried - as a woman - trying to hold a gun to shoot myself in the mouth - and having the bullet go straight back - it's very difficult. It would be easier to hold the grip with first and index fingers and thumbs on the trigger. But this leaves a large area for blood to appear on the grip.
Any ideas??????

[Richwriter]

Yeah - he shot her.

[Lisa]

No way could you hold a gun that way and shoot yourself in the mouth, the kickback of the shot would blow right threw your face. Since Spector has blood on his jacket, blowback blood that is, its fairly obvious who had the gun. I hope this guy goes down.It would be about time one of these so called celebrities gets a conviction!

[Sal B]

I'm guessing that the writer means "dozed off" when he writes of the jurors, "Two have foxed off for periods."

But I can't find that reference through Google or dictionary.com.

Did the writer make it up on the spot? Foxes are not known for dozing, rather for running briskly away.

[Perry Mason]

Some of this blood spatter stuff is more art than science, and it's going to be hard for the jury to sort out. Spector has a chance if his experts come off well. The Lee escapade could be damaging, but not fatal. (It is probably more damaging to Lee himself.) The real issue is does Spector take the stand. This may be the kind of case in which the risk associated with him taking Five is greater than the risk of him taking the stand. He was there. The jury knows it. The jurors will follow their instructions not to consider his silence, but at the same time they would be left unable to consider the testimony he never gave. He could hit a home run on that stand if his experts can give his story just a little support, and my prediction is they will.

Hats off to Kenney Baden, as she's a heckuva good trial lawyer. Odds are good of an acquittal here. Even better the longer Cutler stays away.

[Lisa]

Maybe the 2 jurors are foxing off just like "good old Phil" Ive seen him fox off so many times,

[Kathy Meyer]

Memo to Mrs. Baden: You should be addressing Dr. Herald as DR. not m'am. You have been showing disrespect to her since the start of cross examination. STOP IT!

[ted]

Spector is not going to take the stand, the prosecution can eat him alive during cross-ex, by showing how testy he is, and how easily he can be set off, basically capable of putting a gun into woman's moth. I don't know if the prosecution can introduce his police interview, but if they can during a cross examination of spector, it is not going to be pretty.

How the defense is presenting their case, they won't be put Spector on the stand. The only reason they will put on the stand, if he demands it, but he is so drugged up during this trial, and my guess because he won't act like he did during some of the preliminary hearings.

Spector has been saying so many lies about this to the public, that the prosecution can use any of his public statements to roast him alive. The key for the defense is to keep Spector as far away from the gun as possible, and putting him on the stand puts his behavior and statements under the intense spotilight for the jury. If I was on the defense team I would keep Spector off the stand as primary importance.

[ted]

The odds are good for acquittal, the coroner's report of Clarkson's bruise tongue may weigh with the jury, besides the gun being wiped, the chauffeur seeing the gun in Spector's hand, Clarkson blood in Spector's pocket after he pocketed the glove.

I think Kenney Baden is doing what she is required to do, but she can't pull rabbits out of the hat because the evidence is overwhelming against Spector.

[ted]

opps, I meant to write "the odds are NOT good for acquittal"