Jodi Ann Arias shot and stabbed her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander to death (Part II)

[Justice11]

I think Jodi looks casual and calm. She thinks this is in the bag.

I bet she is dressed so casually today because it is Martinez's big moment. She doesn't want to show him respect. Bet she wears the blazer tomorrow for Nurmi's closing. Just a thought...

[debk589]

heat of passion doesn't explain the weapons. I just don't see it.

This. She BROUGHT the knife and gun. She changed her hair color. The gas cans so as not to leave a trail. The turning off of the phone. This was CLEARLY not a crime of passion, but premeditated. The jury must see this too.

[alyoop]

Of course I'm scheduled to have a dental crown done in 2.5 hours ....

that almost. almost sounds better than listening to Nurmi close.

[songbirdsong]

The burglary thing...what did she burgle? She didn't take his gun because he didn't have a gun. That's tricky. If you she brought a gun, that's premeditation but it isn't burglary, right?

[Estefaniia]

Jen looks like she's sucking her stomach in.

Go Juan! We have faith in you

[TMY1]

Is JA reading the Jury Instructions along with Judge do you think?

She can't without her spectacles!

[Metis212]

:) I asked this a while back, but things were moving fast then...



IMO, clearly Jodi had no illusions of cleaning up the crime scene after seeing the big bleedout blood stain on the carpet -- that was there to stay.

What she did need to do is buy herself time. As much time as she could so she could at least control her destiny: by suicide or later surrender or whatever.

So she wanted/needed to get Travis' lifeless body as far out of sight as possible. Laying there at the entry, it would be most readily discovered: by peeping into his bedroom or by smell.

So she tried to pull it back into the shower ... but it was too heavy and it was sticking to the hallway floor with his blood that was coagulating.

So Jodi got that plastic cup -- the one found in the shower -- and she spread water on the hard surfaced floor as a lubricant to help slide his body back to the shower.

The water reduced the friction & mitigated stickyness enough to allow the body slip & slide along the floor.

She could also have rolled his body onto a towel, then wet the towel & floor and used that to drag him back to the shower.

Remember there was so much water that an adjacent file box was soaked red on the bottom.

If she were cleaning up, she surely would have wiped the blood off the wall that contained her hand print -- it was readily in view. And there was blood everywhere. Cleaning all of that was impossible.

So the water was used as a lubricant -- perhaps like the Egyptians used sand to move those huge pyramid stones.

And the cup/water/shower/towel were used to clean her body -- I do think she undressed to clean the blood off & put on clean clothes/shoes.

All of which bought her time -- his body wasn't discovered for days -- and escape: she wasn't covered in blood.

I have the same tiles in all my bathrooms and hallways. Those tiles are treacherous when wet. If you walk on them with bare feet or socks, its fine. Makes perfect sense she knew how slippery the tiles are when wet!

[aaronsmommy]

The burglary thing...what did she burgle? She didn't take his gun because he didn't have a gun. That's tricky. If you she brought a gun, that's premeditation but it isn't burglary, right?

brought the gun - premed.
didn't bring the gun - burglary
either way - guilty of M1

[Freethinker]

Shocked jodi doesnt have that little girl hairdo today

She's ready for a "curtain call"

[smurfy]

She can't without her spectacles!

My mom reads without her glasses but wears them all the time otherwise.

[Wishmich]

JA looks like she's in a classroom and not on trial for her life. Murder 1...nothing less. The burglary won't fly, unless they have a jury who hates her for what's she's done as much as I do.

[cherrypye]

The more I hear, the more anxious I get.

[meowzerz]

Not too soon.

Nah.... it's 5:00 somewhere! Might calm the nerves some. Although, JUAN Martinez is up next!!!!!!! He will be good! So no worries.

I like you guys


I feel slightly nervous about these instructions. But then I think about Juan and how he has such a way of driving home points. I have confidence. Justice will be served. I gotta believe this.
IF another OJ/CA happens, I will lose ALL faith in our system.

[elamir]

Just a reminder to everyone.

This is the best streaming link at the moment, azcentral stream is not good and it skips a lot.

http://abcnews.go.com/video/portable...se&size=inpage

This link is bloody awesome!! Thank you so much

[ShellJett]

brought the gun - premed.
didn't bring the gun - burglary
either way - guilty of M1

Yes, that is why I love Jury Instructions.

[M Joy]

What page of instructions are we on? I'm so frikkin nervous. Ugh. I feel so bad for the Alexander family and friends!

[Harlette]

The burglary thing...what did she burgle? She didn't take his gun because he didn't have a gun. That's tricky. If you she brought a gun, that's premeditation but it isn't burglary, right?

juan also explained in a hearing during the trial when nurmi had a motion to remove the felony murder - he argued that after jodi initially attckd travis and he wasn't dead and she kept going against travis' will she also committed felony assualt - hence the felony murder - and the judge agreed w/ juan

[Youngblood]

Waiting for her to put that left hand on her face to remind the jury about her "broken" finger!...

[poppym]

JA just yawned??? WTF?

[elamir]

juan also explained in a hearing during the trial when nurmi had a motion to remove the felony murder - he argued that after jodi initially attckd travis and he wasn't dead and she kept going against travis' will she also committed felony assualt - hence the felony murder - and the judge agreed w/ juan

The beauty is in the details.

[Saffron]

Jodi and her defense team sure did tailor-make her self-defense, domestic violence claims exactly according to law. They used those few years to get it just right.

[Sneakers the Wonder Dog]

oh. m. g. the jurors are gonna get stuck on why the hell she was there 13 hours and didn't just shoot him right away. I am getting sad. this is scaring me. I am having flashbacks to how I felt when OJ was found not guilty. and CA. damn.

JM will bring it home and explain that she didn't kill him right away because of the room mates. Then she lured him into the shower.

I hope JM drives home the fact that there is evidence of premeditation.

He will. This isn't his first rodeo.

And bring up the "hide the truth - tell my story - super secret coded messages going to an other individual"

That individual, Ann Campbell, is actually in court today seated next to Donavan. She was to then pass the messages to Matt McCartney

I think Jodi looks casual and calm. She thinks this is in the bag.

I bet she is dressed so casually today because it is Martinez's big moment. She doesn't want to show him respect. Bet she wears the blazer tomorrow for Nurmi's closing. Just a thought...

I bet you're right about the blazer.

This. She BROUGHT the knife and gun. She changed her hair color. The gas cans so as not to leave a trail. The turning off of the phone. This was CLEARLY not a crime of passion, but premeditated. The jury must see this too.

She stole the gun from her grandparents as well.

The burglary thing...what did she burgle? She didn't take his gun because he didn't have a gun. That's tricky. If you she brought a gun, that's premeditation but it isn't burglary, right?

Right. The felony/burglary with aggravating comes from being in his home after she attacked him.

brought the gun - premed.
didn't bring the gun - burglary
either way - guilty of M1

The gun has nothing to do with the burglary

[Brillig]

The author of the article got the details wrong. The actual wording of the statute says the person is committing burglary if they enter or remain unlawfully in a residence with the intent to commit any theft or any felony. (This is second degree burglary)

If the person also possesses a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in the course of committing any felony, then it becomes first degree burglary.

So, Jodi remained unlawfully after she first shot or stabbed Travis (because permission was revoked at that instant), and since she kept stabbing, she had the intention to commit a felony. So she has at least committed second degree burglary. And since Jodi obviously "possessed" both a gun and a knife during the attack, which happened after permission was revoked, she has committed first degree burglary.

Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 13 Criminal Code - Section 13-1508 Burglary in the first degree; classification
http://law.onecle.com/arizona/crimin...e/13-1508.html

Arizona Revised Statutes - Title 13 Criminal Code - Section 13-1507 Burglary in the second degree; classification
http://law.onecle.com/arizona/crimin...e/13-1507.html

[Justice11]

The burglary thing...what did she burgle? She didn't take his gun because he didn't have a gun. That's tricky. If you she brought a gun, that's premeditation but it isn't burglary, right?

Jodi attacked Travis in his home. A person's home is their sanctuary, their safe place. That Jodi attacked him there, she violated his right to safety in his own home, and became an unwanted visitor after the first strike.

It's a fine line, but I understand it and support it. A person has a right to feel safe in their own home. Jodi purposefully used Travis' safe feeling in his home against him, to trap him and catch him off guard.

[debk589]

GO TIME!