Jun 29
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And since the media probably won’t cover it, I’d just like to point out that the line for the public to get into the hearing today was about 50/50 men and women.
Picture from @/conlin_lauren on twitter
Okay, it looks like the teams are in the court room and we are waiting on the judge and Luigi.
The scope of this hearing should be scheduling/DCO, jury questionnaires, and other related matters (so essentially, anything lol). Just waiting on Judge and Luigi.
Well, that was a lot! And seemingly nothing about jury questionnaires😅I predicted earlier yesterday that this would come up, but keep in mind that extreme emotional disturbance is different than insanity. I’ll go into detail later today on how these differ.
Also, choosing this defense means that the defendant DID commit the act or that the prosecution has met their burden to show that defendant did commit the act. However, this defense is only available for murder charges — not weapons charges. It is not a complete defense, but a mitigating defense. Therefore, charges can be reduced to manslaughter, but not resulting in an acquittal.
One good thing is that the burden of proof is lower for extreme emotional disturbance. Usually, the burden of proof in criminal cases is “beyond a reasonable doubt”, but this defense must only be proven by “a proponderance of the evidence.” I’ll go more into that later too! Send me your questions and I’ll get to them throughout the day!
Imagine my shock when I played one of my weekly dumb down podcasts and it started like this😭😭and of course they proceeded to shit on her the whole episode LMAO
The Federal prosecutors uploaded a letter today to confirm that they will NOT be appealing the decision made by Judge Garnett to drop charges 3 and 4 (and therefore preclude the death penalty)🍾🤏🏼
Today is the federal suppression hearing. I believe all parties are in the court room and we are just waiting on Luigi. Several last minute documents were filed, so some argument about exhibits may come before the witness, who is an Altoona PD officer who was not present at the arrest. He is to testify only to the procedures and practices of the Altoona Police Department (specifically searches and inventory), not to Luigi’s arrest.
I’ll update/give my thoughts here. Come to order!!
I’m so glad that the defense incurred probably thousands of dollars in legal fees to remediate fallout from the state court’s “I wanna go first” temper tantrum, just for the state to cave and delay theirs as soon as the federal judge provides some relief… like “yes, now we can fuck off and delay our trial, so that it is once again in the middle of the federal trial prep period” like can yall please just get it together
At this point they need to put Garnett and Carro in a locked padded room and have them fight it out.
Alright, not sure how much more eventful it can get, but court should be starting any minute. I’m sure Garnett will explain her decisions, and the rest of the hearing will be scheduling issues for trial. I’ll share my thoughts below.
Come to order!