Browse sidebar discussions from the Timothy Jones Jr. archive, with links to the exact point in each transcript.
The 6 entries below include every sidebar marked in the court reporter transcripts available to the archive.
The court disclosed that juror Tiffany Kent reported her boss's spouse works for the Public Defender's Office.
Court's actionThe court directed counsel to address the disclosure and indicated it could be handled the following day.
At a bench conference, the parties disputed whether questioning about bodies and trash bags permitted use of later autopsy photographs.
Court's actionThe court kept autopsy photographs 109 through 113 out, finding they were not relevant to describing Tim's behavior and were prejudicial.
At a bench conference, counsel objected to the use of the word “murder” and to impeachment concerning the witness’s general Chantix prescribing experience.
Court's actionThe court sustained the two objections and instructed counsel to limit questioning to clarifying that the witness had no case-specific information linking Chantix to this case.
The bench conference addressed the permissible scope of Dr. Dorney's testimony concerning social-history records.
Court's actionThe court permitted questions about whether Dr. Dorney considered the records, while keeping specific social-history events off limits and noting the defense objection.
Counsel disputed cross-examining a witness about documents she had not reviewed and whether the questioning was proper impeachment.
Court's actionThe court instructed that counsel could ask the witness the question, but the inquiry would stop if she did not know the answer.
The court placed on the record its observation that multiple attorneys, including appellate lawyers, participated for both sides during much of the trial.
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