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[font=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]In a ruling on Wednesday, Judge Melville rejected allowing character witnesses on the stand.
Saying "character is not an issue," Judge Melville said prosecutors should be allowed to present witnesses countering testimonials to Michael Jackson's good character if the defense offers them.
Prior to the trial, the defense had offered a witness list with 366 names, including a number of celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Diana Ross, Barry Gibb, and Deepak Chopra. On Wednesday, defense attorney Robert Sanger told the court the defense has "pared down its witness list."
The prosecution - arguing that the defense had already crossed the line into raising issues of character - wanted Melville to allow them to offer rebuttal witnesses and evidence. They said that in order to rebut testimony about Michael Jackson's good character, they wanted to bring in testimony about other young boys purportedly molested by Jackson, which had been excluded earlier in the trial. They also wanted to let jurors hear about an incident where Jackson dangled his son, Prince Michael II, from a hotel balcony in Germany in 2002, arguing that it showed he had been "reckless in his care and treatment of his own children." Furthermore, they wanted to present a tv interview in which LaToya Jackson said she saw a payment of $1 million made to the family of a boy "for purposes of buying silence". LaToya Jackson has since recanted the public doubts she expressed about her brother and has been supporting him, even making an appearance at the Santa Maria courthouse during the trial.
Melville turned down the prosecution's motion, saying the defense had not yet strayed into that territory.
However, he warned defense attorneys that the prosecution testimony might become admissible if they decide to offer character witnesses. He also said he would consider requests for character testimony on a case-by-case basis, and the defense would have to justify why each witness was necessary. Fuente: MJFC / CNN
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[font=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][font=Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]In a ruling on Wednesday, Judge Melville rejected allowing character witnesses on the stand.
Saying "character is not an issue," Judge Melville said prosecutors should be allowed to present witnesses countering testimonials to Michael Jackson's good character if the defense offers them.
Prior to the trial, the defense had offered a witness list with 366 names, including a number of celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Diana Ross, Barry Gibb, and Deepak Chopra. On Wednesday, defense attorney Robert Sanger told the court the defense has "pared down its witness list."
The prosecution - arguing that the defense had already crossed the line into raising issues of character - wanted Melville to allow them to offer rebuttal witnesses and evidence. They said that in order to rebut testimony about Michael Jackson's good character, they wanted to bring in testimony about other young boys purportedly molested by Jackson, which had been excluded earlier in the trial. They also wanted to let jurors hear about an incident where Jackson dangled his son, Prince Michael II, from a hotel balcony in Germany in 2002, arguing that it showed he had been "reckless in his care and treatment of his own children." Furthermore, they wanted to present a tv interview in which LaToya Jackson said she saw a payment of $1 million made to the family of a boy "for purposes of buying silence". LaToya Jackson has since recanted the public doubts she expressed about her brother and has been supporting him, even making an appearance at the Santa Maria courthouse during the trial.
Melville turned down the prosecution's motion, saying the defense had not yet strayed into that territory.
However, he warned defense attorneys that the prosecution testimony might become admissible if they decide to offer character witnesses. He also said he would consider requests for character testimony on a case-by-case basis, and the defense would have to justify why each witness was necessary. Fuente: MJFC / CNN
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