trial is entering its 44th day of testimony. she is of course accused brutally killing her boyfriend and is claiming self-defense. she faces a possible death sentence if convicted. today prosecutor juan martinez is expected to keep grilling the defense s expert witness on domestic abuse. during yesterday s war of words between the two, this happened. take a listen. are you saying mr. alexander when he was speaking with the defendant was in the same relationship as you were with the defendant as when you were speaking with her. if you were in my group i would ask you to take a time out, mr. martinez. judge, would you please admonish the witness. jenna: we may all need a timeout every now and then. adam housley is covering the case since the beginning. he is live in los angeles with more. reporter: report wouldn t that be great to say to someone we ll give you a time out and start this thing over in three or four minutes. there is probably times in the trial that would be a
she is coming across as jody s protector instead of an independent expert trying to give an opinion here. rick: brian, how do you think it is going down with the jury the way she is acting on the stand, an advocate of her former patient and also the aggressive style the prosecutor is using with her? well, rick, i think juan martinez has been seduced by jodi arias. here s what i mean by that. she has gotten under his skin so much that he is spending days on end bickering and badgering an expert witness. i almost thought i was watching two people quarreling at a baseball game over a foul ball watching those two yelling at each other yesterday. but here s the irony in all this. jodi arias is claiming that she was also verbally abused by travis alexander. here we have a prosecutor, in a courtroom, who is borderline badgering and verbally abusing the same expert witness. it is almost a replay of what jodi arias is claiming. and i think that bodes well
for the joid joed camp. rick: jodi arias. rick: this playbook, which side do you think has the upper hand, the longer this goes on? i think it is definitely the defense. if you were, if i was pros cuting this case i would want to get in, present my evidence and get out and get this case to the jury because the evidence is simply overwhelming that jodi arias committed this crime. the longer this drags out, the more they have these experts come on and talk about this. martinez needs to realize he will not get the knockout punch with these witnesses. laviolette, definitely is standing her ground. she is not giving in to him very much. he is not going to get the knockout punch. i agree with my colleague at some point he need to end the cross-examination and move the trial forward. rick: brian, a couple seconds, if you re on the defense side how are you feeling right now? i m feeling pretty good, as the evidence stands right now i don t think juan martinez can prove first-degree murde
december, potentially could stretch into the six month if this goes into may. jenna? jenna: wow, incredible. adam, thank you. rick: joining you now for more on the trial, faith jenkins is former prosecutor. brian clay fool, a claypool, a criminal defense attorney. my 3-year-old gets a time out. have you ever heard a witness from the stand tell the prosecutor he needs a time out? no, i haven t. it was completely inappropriate which is why the prosecutor wanted that removed from the record which is why it was. you have martinez, his style is to be on the offensive and go after these experts and what he believes are these completely bogus theories they are profounding in front of the jury, go after them, attack them. he can be a little bit long-winded but in the end he is making inroads here. laviolette on the other hand, she seems to want to be combative with martinez at the same time. anytime he advances any sort of theory that undermines what she is trying to put forth in the case.