When last we were in court, the defense had stated its case for saving Jodi Arias from the death penalty. It was not a strong case, but it was a very long case. And Juan had given his rebuttal. Normally that would mean it’s time for closing arguments but today the defense began its surrebuttal, which is a rebuttal of the rebuttal. Because, Arizona.
Willmott decided to put Geffner back on the stand today. Geffner is the old psychologist who she has done panels with in the past who is also buddies with Fonseca, who we will also be seeing again. Geffner is the one who fumbles through mounds of papers and testifies with an inappropriate affect. He got on the stand today and began attacking DeMarte. He says that graduate interns in psychology are not allowed to use the words “psychology” or “practice”. Because he is an idiot. The jury HATES this witness. He spends all morning attempting to discredit DeMarte’s testimony. It’s still morning and jurors are not taking notes and leaning on their hands looking bored. Good grief, Geffner is saying that the testing instruments cannot be viewed by anyone who is not a licensed mental health profession. So glad there is a real psychologist on this jury. Geffner goes on to say that DeMarte is a terrible, unprofessional, unethical, young person who has a little bit of knowledge and is dangerous.
LUNCH
Geffner goes over his previous testimony about testing. He is trying to say that Travis was the violent one and Jodi was not aggressive. Geffner says that Demarte exhibited confirmatory bias when testing Jodi and reviewing her journals. I wonder if he learned that term when his expert testimony was thrown out for exactly that reason.
There was nothing new in the afternoon testimony. It’s just a rehash of their opening. Geffner points out that some of the interviews from the Purple Plum contradicted the ones that DeMarte discussed about Jodi manipulating men. Geffner’s afternoon was spent trying to convince the jury that Jodi was a victim and Travis was an abusive bad guy. The sexting charts, the sets, all the women he told he was a virgin, blah, blah, blah.
A surrebuttal is to address things that only were mentioned for the first time in the rebuttal. It’s not a chance to replay your entire case all over again as a stall tactic. It is ridiculous that Judge Stephens doesn’t have more respect for the integrity of the system and the time of the jurors.
More tomorrow. But don’t expect anything new. Just more Geffner.
If this was a trial to convince people not to date Travis & that he was a douchebag, there might be a preponderance of evidence in favor of that. I stiiiiiiilllllll don’t understand how this is mitigating for her KILLING him! Has the entire defense team lost sight of the objective here??? Has the Judge for that matter???? I swear I was a toddler when this trial started.
This whole trial has been a smear campaign against Travis. It’s unbelievable and offensive.
Thanks, Tamara! Could the end of this awful mess really be in sight? The poor jurors, what a waste of time. They will be so damn happy to be out of there.
The trouble they have trying to make Dr DeMarte look bad is she has given the only credible psycological opinion during this phase 3 fiasco. I do hope there is a psycologist on the jury panel and that they dont get cut when whittled down to 12 later. Juan usually shows the BS this guy presents, has he spilled more water or do they give him a sippy cup now?
I wonder if the jurors will qualify for disability benefits for THEIR PTSD when this is over (if ever over)?
“DeMarte is a terrible, unprofessional, unethical, young person who has a little bit of knowledge and is dangerous.” Yes, exactly. Succinctly put, Tamara.
Tamara is there really a psychologist on the jury? I hope so. Does the defense know this??
No. Apparently one jury member’s mother or MIL is a psychiatrist or something like that.
Yes, anyone who was present for voir dire would know this. Maybe the defense kept him or her because they are old.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Boy did Dr. Geff ever have a hard on for Dr. DeMarte! For some reason she brings out the crazy in the defense, and their crazy runs deep. At every opportunity Dr. G said something bad about DeMarte. He called her unprofessional, inexperienced, and a liar. The tweets today said that the jury was staring at their hands and looking at the floor as he testified. I hope that those of you who did not join us during the trial part of this fiasco, will please take our word for it that Dr. D is a bright articulate young professional. I don’t think that Dr. Geffner is even licensed in Az. which means he cannot legally administer psychological tests. Then if things were not bizarre enough, the defense used Dr. D’s diagnosis as JA’s best defense. To copy our fearless leader, TT, because Arizona. Oh, and the tweets said that Juan was on fire today and up objecting at every opportunity. Now, we have the dingbat Fonseca in the wings. She’s entering Alyce LaViolette territory. Can we just send her to Perryville and be done with her?
I hope the people of AZ get this judge off the bench.
Sherry Stephen’s term is up next year & there’s absolutely NO WAY, she’ll be reelected (but I wouldn’t even bet a $1 on it . . because Arizona)!
Did the dumbfuck spill his water a third time? “Oh man and I was doing so well”
Psylocke, are you really trying to imply that spilling water is related to intelligence? It is not as you well know. You’re smart, but I’ll bet you’ve tipped/spilled a few glasses in your day, even when you weren’t on national TV being questioned.
You consistent support for this goober is kinda cute. He’s a mess with a drooly happy smile when reading about graphic murders. #psycho.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Sure, he has his imperfections like the rest of us, but he is knowledgeable and truthful. No one can deny his mega experience. He smiles now and again, granted. That ain’t the end of the world, is it?
EEL this guy is so bright he forgets to dye his mustache to match his hair…or did he just finish powdered doughnuts before taking the stand? Wait, thats the recklessness of old age.
Thank you, Steve, for this insight. Much too often relevant, important and vital mustache facts go totally and unexpectedly unreported.
This trial makes any Ironman triathlon competition look easy to endure.
Are you fucking kidding me? I have already offered my services as part of the medical personnel. Give me an 8 gauge rusty needle minus the sedative amongst the cocktail of three meds used in this instance…. less money for the tax payers and more pain for the heartless bitch! Just my opinion. Feast on that!