Branca: Arbery Case Has a Real Possibility of Acquittal

[awshoot]

Good read if you take your time and don't try to run through it:

Arbery Case Trial: Based On Closing Arguments, Not Guilty Verdicts A Real Possibility

State’s closing argument was very weak. Defense closings very solid, but State has 2-hour rebuttal tomorrow!

legalinsurrection.com

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[awshoot]

It's a shame both Rittenhouse and this trial went on at the same time. It's a lot harder to sit through the testimony when you know the result and since the jury is getting the case tomorrow, we should know by the end of this week or next, and so I probably won't watch it.

I know the McMichaels don't get the love Rittenhouse got, but there was an interesting citizen arrest statute in play and Arbery was by no means, "just a jogger." This case too was politicized and subjected to false narratives.

 

[mrblond]

Ahmaud Arbery case: Black armed militias gathered outside the courthouse, issue warning

Black armed militias rallied outside the Georgia courthouse Monday where three White men are on trial for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man.

www.foxnews.com

should be interesting

 

[Knobgoblin]

Ahmaud Arbery case: Black armed militias gathered outside the courthouse, issue warning

Black armed militias rallied outside the Georgia courthouse Monday where three White men are on trial for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man.

www.foxnews.com

should be interesting

Any of them driving red Ford escapes??

 

[awshoot]

The guns don't bug me much. It's SUVs I worry about.

 

[No_Regerts]

I must be sleepy, but how are there four counts of murder and only one dead guy?

 

[Stomper]

I must be sleepy, but how are there four counts of murder and only one dead guy?

Progressive math.

 

[titsonritz]

Won't this be fun...Arbery Case Acquittal, Christmas Parade guy gets the needle. I can just see it know...

 

[awshoot]

Won't this be fun...Arbery Case Acquittal, Christmas Parade guy gets the needle. I can just see it know...

No death penalty in WI. He could get life without parole though.

 

[No_Regerts]

Based on the article.....the author is an idiot. These guys are cooked.

 

[User 1234]

There is no way those two get acquitted. Now the third guy, who recorded the video, he has some chance.

 

[titsonritz]

I haven't been following the trial, but recall the video footage and it didn't look good.

 

[JuglansRegia]

So was he put for a "jog" in jeans and work boots or what?

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

 

[Koda]

Based on the article.....the author is an idiot. These guys are cooked.

I respect Branca's expertise on self defense laws, and he may very well be right the prosecutions closing argument was weak. But I haven't read any evidence Aubury actually committed a crime when they pursued him to arrest him. Doesn't someone have to have witnessed the crime to perform a citizens arrest? I don't know much about that law (that's since been repealed) and think the trial will hinge on that entirely.

 

[awshoot]

I respect Branca's expertise on self defense laws, and he may very well be right the prosecutions closing argument was weak. But I haven't read any evidence Aubury actually committed a crime when they pursued him to arrest him. Doesn't someone have to have witnessed the crime to perform a citizens arrest? I don't know much about that law (that's since been repealed) and think the trial will hinge on that entirely.

Apparently in GA being in the house was felony burglary irrespective of whether he stole anything.

The prosecutor wants to argue that first-hand knowledge is necessary, but from the little I watched regarding jury instructions, there's a lot of case law that says that is not the case and the defense is arguing a totality of the circumstances situation. The crime in that neighborhood had apparently gotten so out of control, people stopped letting their kids play outside. The police would never respond in a timely fashion.

The trial will totally hinge on whether they were doing a lawful citizens arrest because when they arrested him, he grabbed the gun. If the arrest was lawful, that makes Arbery the aggressor.

 

[awshoot]

So was he put for a "jog" in jeans and work boots or what?

No. In fact the judge at one point determined he could not be referred to as a jogger. There's no evidence he was out for a run to get exercise. Nor is there any evidence that one of the McMichaels stood over him and called him "stupid n-word". That's all media narrative designed to poison the jury pool.

 

[Koda]

Apparently in GA being in the house was felony burglary irrespective of whether he stole anything.

The prosecutor wants to argue that first-hand knowledge is necessary, but from the little I watched regarding jury instructions, there's a lot of case law that says that is not the case and the defense is arguing a totality of the circumstances situation. The crime in that neighborhood had apparently gotten so out of control, people stopped letting their kids play outside. The police would never respond in a timely fashion.

The trial will totally hinge on whether they were doing a lawful citizens arrest because when they arrested him, he grabbed the gun. If the arrest was lawful, that makes Arbery the aggressor.

Did they witness him being in the house when they went after him?

 

[awshoot]

Did they witness him being in the house when they went after him?

That I don't know. I haven't watched this trial.

 

[arakboss]

If they are acquitted, I expect the Loot Squads and Antifa Goons to take maximum advantage.