Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Day Six of Testimony:

The videotaped interview of defendant Wesley Molina Cirino has been playing on courtroom monitors for several minutes, uninterrupted. Some courtroom observers are closing their eyes for extended periods of time. Defense asks a few questions of Serrano, then asks for a video clip of the interview by police of Molina Cirino in June of '07 at UPD to continue. Defense asks if, during that interview, police asked defendant to describe what he was wearing the night of April 12th. Serrano, from the stand, says he doesn't remember. An investigator in the video tells defendant that Sammy hasn't changed his story, and who's going to believe him over Sammy, who had a baby in his car at the time this allegedly went down? Serrano says he also said something to defendant about who would believe him over Sammy when he keeps changing his story and Sammy's remains consistent.

The videotaped interview conducted at UPD continues, and Spanish voices rise in volume in the interview room. Defense asks if defendant gets aggitated when investigators bring up his brother and his mother. Investigator Serrano says 'oh, yeah'. Defense asks if, about four and a half hours into the interview, police had told defendant that Sammy fingered him as the shooter. Serrano says yes. Defense asks if defendant says, 'you've got the wrong guy--it's Mojon' (Jose Cirino).

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