tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post3888656566117231709..comments2023-08-24T10:39:23.460-04:00Comments on CAAFlog: A new published NMCCA opinionDwight Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657981110237418710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-60826640380164184782008-05-28T07:55:00.000-04:002008-05-28T07:55:00.000-04:00I haven't read the decision, so my comments are en...I haven't read the decision, so my comments are entirely reliant on CAAFlog's description of the case.<BR/><BR/>I don't think the TC overreached in admitting the evidence of prior unsafe use of weapons. That was probably essential to the case at least to some degree. I would find that evidence fairly probative.<BR/><BR/>The introduction of skull pictures to prove the victim was dead looks like a pretty clear overreach to me, though something of a time-honored tradition among TCs to introduce gore picture for this ostensible purpose. That doesn't make it smart, though. The argument comment was unnecessary under these facts.John O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014476389355562158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-53106794886843054432008-05-28T07:03:00.000-04:002008-05-28T07:03:00.000-04:00I would like to hear JO'Cs take on this, as he is ...I would like to hear JO'Cs take on this, as he is our anointed TC over reaching meter. To me this is an example of over zealous TCs. Not that the TCs were bad or even did anything improper, as I agree with most of what NMCCA said, but why create all these issues when you are trying the accused in absentia? If you can't convict an empty chair based on the facts of the case . . .Mike "No Man" Navarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434921480452541955noreply@blogger.com