Jen McCabe Testifies! Judge Allows ARCCA To Testify with New Opinions In Spite of Ambush | Case Brief
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🗓️ 30 April 2025
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Day 5 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on April 29, 2025. The Cross Examination of Ian Whiffin continues with focusing on what was and wasn't included. Whiffin came under scrutiny, particularly when they admitted to not knowing the freezer's baseline temperature, the exact date of when he created his report or what the freezing temperature is in Fahrenheit. During Re-Direct, Whiffin demonstrated a tool he created for evaluating cell phone data.
Surprisingly, Jen McCabe took the stand while Special Prosecutor, Hank Brennan, upped the drama by asking questions like, "And then what happened that changed everything?" Jen's testimony is clearer and more direct than in the previous trial. There have been some things that are not consistent with what she said in the first trial and we'll see how that will be confronted during Cross Examination. The Judge cut off Jen McCabe's story when Karen, Kerry Roberts and her found John O'Keefe's body in the snow and she was doing chest compressions to try to revive him. We'll pick up the rest of Direct Examination on Day 7.
After the Jury was dismissed, Judge Cannone heard Brennan's Motion to Preclude ARCCA from Testifying New Opinions. The Judge Ruled in the Defense's favor and granted ARCCA to testify and enter in their report by May 7th though it wasn't without a tongue lashing. The Judge cited the Defendant's right to a fair trial as paramount even though she found that the Defense's Discovery Violations are ambushing the Prosecution's case. The Judge expects counsel comply with all rulings, rules of the court, all rules of professional conduct and no more nonsense!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most, just more briefly. |
| 0:05.2 | If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now, let's get into it. |
| 0:10.6 | It is Tuesday. It's April 29th. We are in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts versus Karen Reed day six. |
| 0:19.5 | Yesterday was yet another half day for the jury but a full |
| 0:23.3 | day for us because the ARCA experts were on the stand for of Wadir after the jury was excused |
| 0:31.5 | at the lunch break yesterday we got through witness 11 partly we got into Ian Wiffin's testimony. If you watch the last trial, he is the celebrate guy. I thought this direct examination came in much more clearly than his last direct examination. But the questioning is more clear. There are definitely things about Attorney Brennan Style that are not my favorite, but his |
| 0:56.3 | questioning is much more clear and the direct examination comes in much more clearly. And throughout |
| 1:02.1 | the direct, I was saying, I hope they take the cell phone temperature from John O'Keefe's phone and the |
| 1:06.9 | location data from Ways and the movement and activity data and put it together in a timeline. |
| 1:12.6 | And they did that. And when we ended the day with the jury yesterday, that's where cross-examination was picking up on that timeline. |
| 1:19.6 | And what was on the timeline and what was not on the timeline. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm very interested to see where we get this morning with cross-examination. |
| 1:27.7 | Attorney Alessi is seeming to be the attorney that's going to be handling the experts, |
| 1:32.1 | which we guessed from pretrial motions. And then after we get into this cell phone data, |
| 1:37.4 | are we going to go to Karen Reed's cell phone data next? Or are we going to go to who's at the |
| 1:42.7 | waterfall? Where do we go next? |
| 1:44.5 | Because last time, the order was very clear from Adam Lally. |
| 1:48.5 | I don't think it was nearly as strategic as this, |
| 1:51.0 | but it was clear. |
| 1:51.8 | And it was the first responders on scene, |
| 1:54.1 | then first law enforcement on scene, |
| 1:56.1 | then when John O'Keefe went out for the night, |
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