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Originally Posted by CaliforniaGirl
To each his own, PennBF.
Personally, I think the only thing that restricted Baez' ability to defend his client was his own incompetence. He does not know how to get information out of a witness without asking leading questions (he skipped that part of law school, maybe) and when his leading questions are rightly objected to, he gets flustered and asks the same questions 3 more times but always leading - with the end result being that the information he's trying to get in doesn't get in. He simply doesn't know how to do it - you can't fault the state or the Judge for that. And since it is his job, he should know how to do it or stay out of a courtroom until he does.
There were several occasions when I knew what he was trying to get a witness to say, but couldn't get it in...it was almost painful to watch. And instead of asking Mason how to do it correctly, he would just give up. So that information never got to the jury. He had very competent, very skilled co-counsel that he under-utilized.
I believe Judge Perry has been completely fair concerning sustaining or overrulling objections, following the law. Hearsay is hearsay, leading is leading...you just can't argue with that.
Baez was like David fighting Goliath with a slingshot...except that he had a cannon sitting next to him he could have used and didn't! There is no excuse for that hubris. As much as I dislike Casey Anthony, even she deserved better representation than she got.
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I agree with you once again California Girl!!
I think......Baez just isn't as smart and certainly was not as well prepared as the two prosecution attorneys. They sure did their job well. Their preparation was done as well as it could be done IMHO. Their research was deep and they knew the subject(s) about as well as their expert witnesses. They never got blind sided or surprised by their direct questioning, as Baez frequently did.
I didn't see any injustice by Judge Perry. I really respected his fairness. And I liked the fact that he didn't mess with someone acting up in his court room and he called Baez for sloppy planning and not being ready a few times. Baez SHOULD have been ready.
Just sayin......