[Peace-discuss] Chesley case continues at 1:30pm this afternoon (and you can likely get in later)

[Brian Dolinar]

Witnesses are all done.
Legal ground rules with judge and lawyers at 9am
and closing arguments before jury at 10am.
Should have a verdict by Friday afternoon.

Peace, BD

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> The court in Brian Chesley's case is on lunch break now,
> resuming at 1:30 pm -- in courtroom E as before.
>
> Court's pretty well attended.  Many more witnesses
> are yet to be called by the defense, so if you arrive after
> 1:30 I think you would have several chances to come in.
>
> The straightforward situation initially presented by this morning's
> prosecution witness, officer Clinton, has turned up several
> contradictions -- some under cross-examination, and many
> more as the defense witnesses are called.   I don't want to say
> anything specific since witnesses are still coming in
> and some may read these lists.
>
> Kirchner and Wyman are doing a really fine job.
> One bit: Kirchner pointed out that under state law,
> it is legal to walk away from a peace officer who is
> asking you to stop, unless that officer has some
> reasonable basis for stopping you, and arguing that
> the State had presented no evidence for any such basis.
> This was part of a motion for direct dismissal of both
> charges.  Unfortunately the judge didn't buy it.
>
> Who knows what the jury thinks.  They do look interested though.
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