a Darkness More Than Night (2001) by Connelly Michael - Terry McCaleb 02
Author:Connelly, Michael - Terry McCaleb 02 [02, Connelly, Michael - Terry McCaleb]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2011-04-08T01:53:47+00:00
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Trial resumed twenty-five minutes after the scheduled nine oâclock start because of the prosecutionâs unsuccessful bid to seek both sanctions against the defense for witness intimidation and a delay while the statements of Annabelle Crowe were fully investigated. Sitting behind his cherrywood desk in chambers, Judge Houghton encouraged the investigation but said the trial would not be delayed to accommodate it and no sanctions or other penalties would be issued unless evidence corroborating the witnessâs statements could be found. He warned the prosecutors and Bosch, who had taken part in the closed-door meeting by recounting his interview with Crowe, not to leak word of the witnessâs accusations to the media.
Five minutes later they were convened in the courtroom and the jurors were brought to their two rows of seats. Bosch returned to the witness stand and was reminded by the judge that he was still under oath. Janis Langwiser went back to the lectern with her legal pad.
âNow, Detective Bosch, we left off yesterday with your conclusion in regard to the death of Jody Krementz being determined to be a homicide. Is that correct?â
âYes.â
âAnd that conclusion was based not only on your investigation but on the investigation and autopsy conducted by the coronerâs office as well, correct?â
âCorrect.â
âCould you please tell the jurors how the investigation proceeded once you had established the death as a homicide?â
Bosch turned in his seat so that he was looking directly at the jury box as he spoke. The movement was jarring. He had a pounding headache on the left side of his head that was so intense he wondered if people could actually see his temple throbbing.
âWell, my two partners â Jerry Edgar and Kizmin Rider â and I began to sit through â I mean, sift through the physical evidence we had accumulated. We also began conducting extensive interviews with those who knew the victim and were known to have been with her in the last twenty-four hours of her life.â
âYou mentioned physical evidence. Please explain to the jury what physical evidence you had accumulated.â
âActually, there was not a whole lot gathered. There were fingerprints throughout the house that we needed to run down. And there also was a quantity of fiber and hair evidence gathered from on and about the victimâs body.â
J. Reason Fowkkes quickly objected before Bosch could continue his answer.
âObjection to the phrase âon or aboutâ as being vague and misleading.â
âYour Honor,â Langwiser countered, âI think if Mr. Fowkkes gave Detective Bosch a chance to finish the answer to the question there would be nothing vague or misleading. But interrupting a witness in mid-answer to say the answer is vague or misleading is not appropriate.â
âOverruled,â Judge Houghton said, before Fowkkes could get in a rejoinder. âLet the witness complete his answer and then weâll see how vague it is. Go ahead, Detective Bosch.â
Bosch cleared his throat.
âI was going to say that several samples of pubic hair not ââ
âWhat is âseveral,â Your Honor,â Fowkkes said. âMy ongoing objection is to the lack of preciseness this witness is offering the jury.
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