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Latest disaster in Kyle Rittenhouse trial
Posted by David Hardy · 6 November 2021 03:44 PM
Via Instapundit: Prosecutor has eyewitness to the shooting on re-direct. He starts asking, over and over with different wording, "you don't know what was in the mind of the rioter who got shot, do you?" He asks once too often.
"Q. You can't read Rosenbaum's mind, right? You can't know what he was actually thinking, right? Your interpretation of his intent is nothing but complete guesswork, isn't that right?
A. Well, he said 'Fuck you,' and then he reached for the weapon."
Ooops.
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What's that rule lawyers have about not asking questions they don't already know the answer to?
Good thing the state can't claim inadequate counsel.
The defense also got entered into evidence that Rosenbaum was bipolar and on psychiatric medicine, because the ADA asked his girlfriend whether he had taken his medication that day. The judged had previously ruled that was inadmissible, but the state opened the door on direct.