Live Blog: Joe Caronna trial, day 6
Joe Caronna is in on trial for murder. Prosecutors allege Caronna had been stealing money from his clients and killed his wife to keep her from uncovering his crimes. This is a live blog from the courtroom. Updates appear in reverse chronological order, with the most recent update at the top.
Another day in the books at 201 in #Caronnatrial. See you tomorrow... http://pic.twitter.com/pwB5VmDS
Scholl says his job is try to get as much sentence reduced as possible. "That's my job." #Caronnatrial.- Scholl says he was appointed to Bowers for sentencing. He says Bowers cooperated on his own after sentencing. #Caronnatrial
Mike Scholl testifies in #Caronnatrial regarding his client John Bowers. http://pic.twitter.com/VZRnQDsp- Scholl explains the process of asking for sentence reduction. He says it's up to government if cooperation is enough. #Caronnatrial
- Jury back in room. State calls Mike Scholl to the witness stand. Scholl represents John Bowers. #Caronnatrial
- I have to run downstairs for @actionnews5 at 5 for live reports on #Caronnatrial. Tune-in!
- He worked with Bowers for abt 2 months. Met face-to-face twice. Talked on phone 4-5times. Arrested him twice. #Caronnatrial
- Teeters says Bowers provided a lot of info on a lot of people that turned out good. Two instances that are suspect. #Caronnatrial
- Teeters says he told prosecutor in previous case he did not want to send someone to prison based on Bowers' word. #Caronnatrial
- Teeters says he, partner, and prosecuting USA decided not to use him. Teeters doesn't have solid evidence to prove suspicion. #Caronnatrial
- Teeters says some of Bowers' information was good. Some he had questions about. Suspected Bowers may've planted evidence. #Caronnatrial
- Jury out of room. Defense calls OCU detective Harrison Teeters. Worked a CI named John Bowers. #Caronnatrial
- Rusty White: I think it's unethical for them to use him in this case when they wouldn't use him in another. #Caronnatrial
- Defense wants to call a proscutor who dismissed a case strictly bc Bowers was her witness and could not trust his testimony. #Caronantrial
- Defense says OCU declared Bowers was put on "do not use list" as a confidential informant bc he's a liar. #Caronnatrial
- Scholl represents Bowers infed court, will testify abt filing sentence reduction for testifying. #Caronnatrial
- Jury out of room. Arguments over defense calling Mike Scholl to the stand & OCU officers to testify re: Bowers reputation. #Caronnatrial
- Prints came from left front door frame. Exterior of vehicle. Davis says print could come from anyone who ever touched vehicle. #Caronnatrial
- Partial palm print remains unidentified. Not Joe's. Defense finished. State up. #Caronnatrial
- Re-examined prints later in prep or trial. Prints came back to Joe. From truck. A partial palm print came back unidentified. #Caronnatrial
- BPD sent Davis prints to examine in this case. Nothing to match them against. Did not locate a match in AFIS. #Caronnatrial
