Day 6
Court has ended for the day. It will resume at 9am in the morning. The defense still has at least one more witness before they rest their case.
Right before a short recess, Judge Karen Hall said some of the jurors appeared to be nodding off. She told them that if they can't stay awake, they need to tell her so she can dismiss them. There are 12 jurors and four alternates.
Prosecutor Rob Broussard is questioning the diagnostic tools used to evaluate Albarran, trying to make the point that the tests are very open ended.
Prosecutors are ripping into Dr. Silva and his past association with other defendents. He claims to work for both the defense and prosecution in cases, but admits it's been a long time since he's had an association with prosecutors. He also says he's charged 250 dollars per hour in the Albarran case. He is also charging $2000 per day to testify. So far he's made around $14,000 in this case.
Court resumed at 1:15. The prosecution is now cross examining Dr. Silva.
Dr. Silva is now reading letters between Albarran and other family members while he has been in jail. A large number of Albarran's family, including many children, are in the courtroom today.
Dr. Silva is now showing a slide that depicts a family tree of Albarran. According to the slide, five members of the family, including Benito Albarran, suffer from mental defects. The slide depicts the family back to Benito's paternal grandfather.
The defense is still questioning their witness, Dr. Silva. Silva is going over some ideas he mentioned on Friday. This is presumably to refresh the jurors minds. Dr. Silva is saying that Albarran suffers from depression and low self-esteem. He says that if he were treating Albarran, he would put him on medication because he is mentally ill.
Dr. Silva says that on the day of the shooting, Albarran believed his wife was somehow connected with Satan. Albarran would speak to Satan and was angry with him.
Testimony has just gotten underway in the Albarran trial after the weekend break. Dr. Jose Silva is still on the stand. Over the weekend the jurors wanted to know more information about the area of Mexico where Albarran grew up. Jurors are now looking at maps of the state of Mexico, inside the country of Mexico.
Right before a short recess, Judge Karen Hall said some of the jurors appeared to be nodding off. She told them that if they can't stay awake, they need to tell her so she can dismiss them. There are 12 jurors and four alternates.
Prosecutor Rob Broussard is questioning the diagnostic tools used to evaluate Albarran, trying to make the point that the tests are very open ended.
Prosecutors are ripping into Dr. Silva and his past association with other defendents. He claims to work for both the defense and prosecution in cases, but admits it's been a long time since he's had an association with prosecutors. He also says he's charged 250 dollars per hour in the Albarran case. He is also charging $2000 per day to testify. So far he's made around $14,000 in this case.
Court resumed at 1:15. The prosecution is now cross examining Dr. Silva.
Dr. Silva is now reading letters between Albarran and other family members while he has been in jail. A large number of Albarran's family, including many children, are in the courtroom today.
Dr. Silva is now showing a slide that depicts a family tree of Albarran. According to the slide, five members of the family, including Benito Albarran, suffer from mental defects. The slide depicts the family back to Benito's paternal grandfather.
The defense is still questioning their witness, Dr. Silva. Silva is going over some ideas he mentioned on Friday. This is presumably to refresh the jurors minds. Dr. Silva is saying that Albarran suffers from depression and low self-esteem. He says that if he were treating Albarran, he would put him on medication because he is mentally ill.
Dr. Silva says that on the day of the shooting, Albarran believed his wife was somehow connected with Satan. Albarran would speak to Satan and was angry with him.
Testimony has just gotten underway in the Albarran trial after the weekend break. Dr. Jose Silva is still on the stand. Over the weekend the jurors wanted to know more information about the area of Mexico where Albarran grew up. Jurors are now looking at maps of the state of Mexico, inside the country of Mexico.
posted by Carson Clark @ 9:24 AM
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