re: Deputies arrest 4 in LSU student Madison Brooks case

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Not a legal guy, but I think the defense is gonna be butting their heads trying to get the BAC tossed.

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This is a very general take from having dealt with a lot of technical evidence.

Science people tend to be very black and white. They are absolutely convinced that the way they have always done it is the way to do it. They don't see potential gaps in the paperwork. And the paperwork is usually technical and confusing to a lay person.

Something as simple as having the time wrong on the machine because nobody adjusted it for DST can call technical evidence into question. "How could you have a blood sample from her timed in an hour before she was hit by a car, Mr. EMT?"

And if the technical evidence does not match common sense experience, juries will readily disregard it. This is why the video of her "jog" is important to the defense.

That said, I know nothing about the procedures for collecting and performing BAC. I'm just saying that experience tells me that technical evidence often has at least some warts.

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Didn't you watch O.J.'s trial? Forensics, science? Nah. Jurors aren't impressed.

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This has to be addressed every time.

The OJ trial does not teach you anything except that crappy prosecutors get crappy results. You should never read anything more into it than that.

They’re going to question everything.

I’m at a courtyard.

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I’m at a courtyard.

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La Quinta.

Headed to gym and then back to work. Catch y'all on the flip flop.

It’s not correct, ok Mr Defense lawyer, the BAC is really higher than this reading and you’ve won the argument, she was even more drunk than we thought

Correct. The reported BAC (.319) would be the lower bound.

Now, it would be interesting if the four gave her alcohol after the rapes, then that might help their consent argument but might also (likely to?) bring them to account for her death.

I feel the key to prosecution of this case will be high school boys phones containing bragging that will essentially be a confession

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They failed to get in a suicide note, basically a confession.

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The first thing he says in the note is that he didn’t do it.

I concur that the prosecution was incompetent. But I watched that trial, I dont see how anyone could have found him not guilty. I think most of the jurors felt he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Thinking he's guilty and still voting non-guilty is the definition of jury nullification. Wasn't meant to be an argument. Im in law school now. It's a fact that they talk about the OJ case when they discuss jury nullification.

Drawing parallels to this case:

We had the Sterling death the divided the city. Protests and outrage. They had Rodney King.

White victim here. White victims (2) there.

3 black and 1 white defendant but 2 black defendants facing the most serious charges.

Crying white family of victim. Crying black mother of the accused.

NAACP already involved. Black lawyers for the 3 black defendants and 1 white lawyer for 1 white defendant.

How is the jury not going to see this is a 'race case' and vote racial lines?

One of the jurors in the O.J. case, when walking out post verdict, gave Johnny Cochran the 'black power' fist salute.

Think there was every any chance they'd vote guilty? Go look at the documentary which interviewed some of them.

Washington's conviction might change things.

No word on the new charges someone earlier today said were coming.