From the beginning to the end, this most overturned trial judge in Queens County ran roughshod over Chanel Lewis' defense team during the retrial --- the last thing being his forcing the jury to work over a day and a half on their first day of deliberation --- leading some jurors (about 3 of them) initially leaning towards "not guilty" to switch to "guilty" shortly after they had dinner late
Some Legal Aid attorneys have even suggested that some of Judge Aloise' actions were unprecedented
Maybe, it's all because Judge Aloise' daughter, Nicole Aloise, is an ADA in Queens County --- and --- there was a feeling around the courthouse that the Queens DA's Office and everybody that has an interest in continuing most of the old Queens DA's ways and means of "getting things done" needed a "win" in the Chanel Lewis retrial very badly. [For example, can you even whisper the name "Gregory Lasak" and not get an old-fashioned thrill in your loins ???]
All of this is still percolating.....
GM, Roy Bean's muse was Lilly Langtry. Mike Aloise's muse might be his own daughter; and that might have been why he joined the Vetrano family men sporting their violet neckwear in court to show solidarity with and in memory of their fallen muse, Karina V.
ReplyDeleteUlrich won big!!
ReplyDeleteUlrich and Liam win
ReplyDeleteEaton and Capano lose
As usual
Is Lasak the old guy sitting on a bench in front of Queens courthouse mumbling something about Crowley promised him the DA office?
ReplyDeleteCOMMENT: THE "CHANEL LEWIS "GUILTY" VERDICT WAS RACIST RAILROADING AT ITS WORST" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTHE SUCCESSIVE COMMENTS BY THE "UNIDENTIFIED" WHITE MALE "PRESSURED JUROR" ARE MAKING IT CLEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING DELIBERATIONS IN THE CHANEL LEWIS RETRIAL
First, the juror said that he was only white juror NOT to vote guilty on all charges immediately, but he isn't sure if race had anything to do with that;
Second, he made it sound like several jurors were worried that they would be kept in court all night if they didn't come up with a quick verdict --- specifically mentioning that the jury foreman wanted to move things along and that Judge Aloise had suggested that he wanted something done that night;
Most important, several jurors wanted to see the taped video confession of Chanel Lewis, but "technical problems" kept it from being available.
Ulrich always loses
ReplyDeleteAnd they say jogging is good for you.
ReplyDeleteI've been told that the Legal Aid defense team for Chanel Lewis had a very conservative trial strategy and planned to preserve several key issues for appeal. But several press observers that were familiar with the key issues in this case thought that the defense was lackluster and the trial attorneys very much under-tried the case.
ReplyDeleteSo do you think that DA candidate Greg Lasak now switch back to talking up his early contact with the Chanel Lewis case and an earlier notable Howard Beach 'murder'?
ReplyDeleteWhere is Eaton??????
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE "WHY DO >>> YOU <<< CARE SO MUCH" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 10:21 AM"
IT'S LIKE YOU ARE WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP.....
Well, maybe it might..... Then again, maybe not.....
Not so long ago, CE was making a pitch for [I'm sworn to secrecy] as the next GOP County Leader.
Every bklyn insider knows Cats already told Eaton he would not support him over Goldens choice of Ghorra for Chair .
ReplyDeleteGM your out of loop .stop letting Eaton feed u fake news
John Quags didn’t have enough valid signatures in his bid for district leader. Hearing massive issues.
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE "WHAT YOU CALL 'OUT OF THE LOOP' " EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 2:57 AM"
THERE'S AN OLD NAUTICAL EXPRESSION --- DON'T STEP IN A BIGHT LEST THE LINE GETS TIGHT --- MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M CONTENT TO BE 'OUT OF THE LOOP' NOWADAYS
I once worked with a published mathematical expert on loops, knots, cross-overs and folds of thread, rope, string and strands of various materials and some non-material stuff that sort of performed like those kinds of things. His formulas were used in genetics, finance and various space and astronomical computations.
Always remember, that sometimes a loop can be sharper than a blade --- there are documented cases of hangings turning into beheadings.....
ReplyDeleteBACKFILL: THE "JURY FOREMAN DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE JURY IN POST-TRIAL INTERVIEWS" EDITION
THE JUROR REFERRED TO AS "THE 'UNIDENTIFIED' WHITE MALE 'PRESSURED JUROR'" IN MY COMMENT AT "APRIL 3, 2019 AT 11:46 AM" ABOVE GAVE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TO THE QUEENS DAILY EAGLE --- STATED THAT, EXCEPT FOR HIMSELF, ALL OF THE WHITE JURORS WANTED TO CONVICT CHANEL LEWIS IMMEDIATELY --- HE SAID THAT THE JURY WAS PRESSURED BY MULTIPLE SOURCES AND MULTIPLE TIMES TO REACH A VERDICT ON THE VERY-EXTENDED FIRST DAY OF DELIBERATIONS --- SAID THAT JURY FOREMAN'S PUBLIC STATEMENTS DID NOT EXPRESS THE FEELINGS OF THE JURY AS A WHOLE AND SEVERAL JURORS HAD DOUBTS UNTIL THEY WERE PRESSURED --- INDICATED THAT KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENTS OF LAST MINUTE "ANONYMOUS" LETTER MIGHT HAVE INFLUENCED JURY'S DELIBERATIONS AND VERDICT
Things inside the jury room at the Chanel Lewis retrial were so bad that one of the jurors felt compelled to call a reporter at the Queens Eagle (probably David F. Brand) to report his misgivings about the deliberations and how the "guilty" verdict went down ( See "EXCLUSIVE: 'It was crazy how fast it went,' Vetrano trial juror tells Eagle" by staff writer, 4/2/19, Queens Daily Eagle [https://queenseagle.com/all/2019/4/2/exclusive-i-was-only-white-person-that-didnt-rush-to-find-him-guilty-vetrano-juror-says]).
Even though this juror clearly did not want to reach a conclusion about the racial overtones that were likely present inside the jury room, what he described as going on in this case was a clearly a situation where a white majority of jurors and the obvious influence of key court personnel bullied any and all opposition to a "guilty" verdict against being rendered against Chanel Lewis in less than one day of deliberations, albeit a very long day indeed.
As to the sexual assault component of the charges against Chanel Lewis, this juror clearly stated that >>> special knowledge of evidence and arguments from another sexual abuse case and not mentioned during the Chanel Lewis retrial were considered by the jurors in Lewis' retrial; and in particular by this juror, they influenced his "guilty" verdict on the sexual abuse charges against Chanel Lewis.
This tidbit of the interview was especially significant --- ".... The juror said he and the other jurors learned about the existence of a letter from an anonymous person claiming to be an NYPD officer who stated that information was withheld from the defense team immediately after the trial ended.... 'I found out about the note after we gave our verdict,' he said. 'I kinda just sank into a chair and shook my head looking at everyone. And kinda let out a sigh and said, "You gotta be fucking kidding me.'...”