Brian Buckmeyer

So the pro of having your star witness testify so early, and I don't even think they really had a choice with this. Cassie Ventura is very much pregnant to the point that I think her due date must be very soon.

So the pro of having your star witness testify so early, and I don't even think they really had a choice with this. Cassie Ventura is very much pregnant to the point that I think her due date must be very soon.

So the pro of having your star witness testify so early, and I don't even think they really had a choice with this. Cassie Ventura is very much pregnant to the point that I think her due date must be very soon.

You understand what happened to your star witness or the alleged victim, however you want to describe them or what perspective you're looking at it. And you hopefully that carries on throughout the trial.

You understand what happened to your star witness or the alleged victim, however you want to describe them or what perspective you're looking at it. And you hopefully that carries on throughout the trial.

Yeah. And so I think for her health, the health of her child, the health of her family, I think the government's doing the right thing by getting her in and out of here as quickly as possible. So it's not really a choice in terms of strategy here. But if it was a choice and it was strategy, I think it's good in the sense of you set the tone and the tenor of the case very quickly.

Yeah. And so I think for her health, the health of her child, the health of her family, I think the government's doing the right thing by getting her in and out of here as quickly as possible. So it's not really a choice in terms of strategy here. But if it was a choice and it was strategy, I think it's good in the sense of you set the tone and the tenor of the case very quickly.

Yeah. And so I think for her health, the health of her child, the health of her family, I think the government's doing the right thing by getting her in and out of here as quickly as possible. So it's not really a choice in terms of strategy here. But if it was a choice and it was strategy, I think it's good in the sense of you set the tone and the tenor of the case very quickly.

The difficulty or the downside of that is when you get to a point where you're doing your closing argument some eight weeks later, the end of June, beginning of July, you've got to keep telling people, remember what I said two months ago? Remember this? Remember that? And jogging their memory and trying to piece it all together can be difficult.

The difficulty or the downside of that is when you get to a point where you're doing your closing argument some eight weeks later, the end of June, beginning of July, you've got to keep telling people, remember what I said two months ago? Remember this? Remember that? And jogging their memory and trying to piece it all together can be difficult.

You understand what happened to your star witness or the alleged victim, however you want to describe them or what perspective you're looking at it. And you hopefully that carries on throughout the trial.

You understand what happened to your star witness or the alleged victim, however you want to describe them or what perspective you're looking at it. And you hopefully that carries on throughout the trial.

You understand what happened to your star witness or the alleged victim, however you want to describe them or what perspective you're looking at it. And you hopefully that carries on throughout the trial.

And I think it might also amount to a little bit of a longer deliberation time because then the jury's got to get in there. They got to request testimony from two months ago.

And I think it might also amount to a little bit of a longer deliberation time because then the jury's got to get in there. They got to request testimony from two months ago.

The difficulty or the downside of that is when you get to a point where you're doing your closing argument some eight weeks later, the end of June, beginning of July, you've got to keep telling people, remember what I said two months ago? Remember this? Remember that? And... jogging their memory and trying to piece it all together can be difficult.

The difficulty or the downside of that is when you get to a point where you're doing your closing argument some eight weeks later, the end of June, beginning of July, you've got to keep telling people, remember what I said two months ago? Remember this? Remember that? And... jogging their memory and trying to piece it all together can be difficult.

The difficulty or the downside of that is when you get to a point where you're doing your closing argument some eight weeks later, the end of June, beginning of July, you've got to keep telling people, remember what I said two months ago? Remember this? Remember that? And... jogging their memory and trying to piece it all together can be difficult.

I mean, with your handwriting, we should just photocopy it and send it to the jurors at this point. I think it would work out much better. But that's kind of the downside there. Thanks to ABC coordinating producer Tanya Simpson for joining me for this episode. Tanya, I'll be seeing you back in the courtroom.

I mean, with your handwriting, we should just photocopy it and send it to the jurors at this point. I think it would work out much better. But that's kind of the downside there. Thanks to ABC coordinating producer Tanya Simpson for joining me for this episode. Tanya, I'll be seeing you back in the courtroom.