in the courtroom when that cross-examination by your ex-client was conducted? no, when i was relieved of the representation i felt it wise to stay out of the courtroom. i haven t been back. my partner and my son jason treadaway has been there as stand by counsel to assist mr. daker. judge jeanine: i understand he is an extremely competent individual, very smart and is doing a relatively good job in the courtroom. well, mr. daker is a gifted amateur. we could put it that way. highly intelligent. self-educated in the law. but that comes with its own drawbacks. he had no mentoring, no protesser or older lawyer to guide him and he makes mistakes and he doesn t know when is making them and that has a potential for his peril. judge jeanine: and aside from the fact that your son is now representing him, do you
gentlemen, welcome. let s go right to waseem daker. all right. what do you think the jury is is thinking, mr. defense attorney arthur ayadala, as the guy charged with stabbing you 18 times when you were five and killing your mother cross examined you? it is tough and those jurors they are are going to sympathize with the victim. the biggest example of that here in new york city was the long island railroad shooter harland ferguson. so when i pulled out the gun and i shot you and when i did this. it is a horror show. he is supposed so be a smart guy. he is not going to connect with the jury and they will not be sympathetic to his cause and ultimately no matter how articulate and bright he may be. it took arthur a long time to become an excellent trial attorney and you don t learn this stuff overnight and as a result of that you really need an advocate who knows what
match allegedly was made between a hair on the body of carmen smith the murder victim and mr. daker. and this murder victim, the mother was a roommate of the woman ha he had been stalking. is that, correct? that s ate woman he had been accused of stalking, yes. judge jeanine: and the idea of his cross examining the boy who was stabbed 18 times at the age of five, did how do you feel about that as an attorney who represented daker? that is one of the real pitfalls of self-representation. you make it too personal. it is you versus the person that believes is you stabbed him 18 times. although as a child the witness could not identify the attacker. he now positively believes mr. daker did it and that is just a little too personal. judge jeanine: and were you
think that the prosecution can prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt? well, that is going to be for the jury and whatever they decide i hope it speaks the truth. judge jeanine: we all hope so, too. thank you so much for being with us. good night. judge jeanine: good night. and coming up our expert panel on the waseem daker and jeffrey mcdonald cases. stay with us.
between a hair on the body of carmen smith the murder victim and mr. daker. and this murder victim, the mother was a roommate of the woman ha he had been stalking. is that, correct? that s ate woman he had been accused of stalking, yes. judge jeanine: and the idea of his cross examining the boy who was stabbed 18 times at the age of five, did how do you feel about that as an attorney who represented daker? that is one of the real pitfalls of self-representation. you make it too personal. it is you versus the person that believes is you stabbed him 18 times. although as a child the witness could not identify the attacker. he now positively believes mr. daker did it and that is just a little too personal. judge jeanine: and were you