We watched in absolute amazement at the cross-examination of Jodi Arias by Juan Martinez. She was combative, she was cocky, she was non-responsive, she was rude, well, she was just plain hostile from the first question posted by Martinez. So much so that she even laughed at herself over one of her answers given to Martinez and as seen in the first photo, apparently she thought it was just too funny. Things seemed to be going her way! She wouldn’t give direct answers, she would only answer his question with a question and she appeared to be so proud of her attitude on the witness stand and believe it or not, even Nurmi and Wilmott laughed and snickered at the same time along with her. I’ve never seen such disrespect shown during a trial for either side. The only thing that Juan could do was address the court and remind the judge that Jodi was being ‘non responsive’ and was refusing to answer his questions. He did all he could do and that was ask the court to order her to answer. Instead of doing the proper way this should have been handled, the judge simply instructed Juan to rephrase his question. What else could he do but change his question. Oh that REALLY pleased Jodi as she continued to grin…..why shouldn’t she? Nobody was holding her responsible for being disrespectful of the court. At one point, Jodi had to bury her head down because she was laughing so hard. This is exactly the way she intended for it to go. I give Martinez so much respect. He kept on questioning as best as he could with as much grace as possible. So the line of questioning continued. But Jodi shouldn’t have underestimated Juan Martinez! He’s nobody’s fool. He let her continue until he let her hang herself and then he quickly moved in with the expertise he is so famous for! His next questions totally caught her off guard. Her attitude quickly changed from cocky to …….well, she was trying to act upset and cry. Bad, bad display of acting but that’s what she was trying to do. It just didn’t work for her! But as all good things must come to an end, it didn’t take Martinez long to get enough of her sassy mouth until he started hitting her hard with questions that he knew would rip the rug out from under her…..and he was right, it did! He proceeded to ask her if she was crying when she stabbed Travis. She answered…’I don’t know’. Then he asked her if she was crying when she shot him. ‘I don’t know’, she said. Then he said, ‘Mam, were you crying when you slit his throat, nearly decapitating him?’ She tried so hard to produce tears but none came but she again tried to cry saying…..’I don’t know…..I’m not sure.’ Then she leaned forward, covering her face with her hair. We will always remember that part of the trial. These are the pictures that reflect the personalities of Jodi Arias. There are hundreds of them to choose from. But you get the general idea of her playing her little games with the prosecutor. I honestly don’t look for her to take the stand again in this trial to complete her testimony. What are your feelings? Do you believe Jodi will have her testimony stricken from the records? But remember…..if she does, and the jury is instructed to ‘disregard’ all they have heard, do you really believe they can forget? You be the judge on this one. And the last picture? The picture of defeat! :-) Admin/Sharon…. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article on the Joey Jackson Fans page are solely those of the admin/author.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:00:00 +0000