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Alyce is instructed to return on Tuesday. There is some mysterious issue that still needs to be cleared up.

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Juan has a follow up question for Alyce on this question. #JodiArias He references the shooting in the closet. Alyce claims it was a mistake

Best line of the week!

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4:05 p.m. ET: The judge has dismissed court for the day and asks jurors to come back on Monday at 1:30 p.m. ET. The judge also asks LaViolette to return on Tuesday to discuss another matter that has come up in the case.

"I know that you have some issues, this is a priority," said the judge.

4:02 p.m. ET: A juror asks if Arias’ story was consistent from the time she spoke with LaViolette last year until the time she testified.

LaViolette says her story was always consistent with her but she wasn’t privy to Arias' testimony.

4:03 p.m. ET: Martinez brings up the fact that LaViolette said Arias said she shot Alexander in his closet. LaViolette says it was a mistake on her part.

4:00 p.m. ET: The judge was telling the jurors when to be back on Monday, then she noticed there was another question in the jury basket. Attorneys are now at a sidebar.

Court has been changed to 11 am on Monday. Who is Miss Wong? She is to testify and she has an attorney.

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Grace Wong from In Session is ordered to testify on Monday at 11:00. She didn't look too enthused.

Wong is a producer for the Nancy Grace show. Geez, the defense can't let this go!

Bye, all!

Thanks everybody.

Talk amongst yourselves, smoke if you have got 'em...

I am popping out for an hour... bbl

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Also what is the issue that came up with the expert?

I think she has a medical appt of some kind. Said something about follow up tests.

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No, I think it is a court issue. The judge could have released her today from her subpoena, but didn't because of this.

I wonder if she gave an interview to NG for money since Wong has to testify. Could that be an issue?

I have to leave for a while too.

See y'all later.

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Maybe the issue with the expert is she didn't interview anyone. I remember her saying she didn't interview Travis's family because it is against the law. WTF law was she talking about? Of course she could interview them if they agreed to it.

I notice HLN is not mentioning their producer, Wong, having to go on the stand. She got herself an attorney so it must be bad.

I've also noticed the judge does not like the expert.

Also Juror 11 has been released because of illness.

I guess everyone left so I will too. Bye all.

Sorry about that. Here she is.

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I had to come back for this. Toy Poodle, very smart and very fast.

Another one bites the dust: Juror 11 released
By Amanda Sloane
updated 4:11 PM EDT, Fri April 12, 2013

Another juror in the Jodi Arias trial has been dismissed from the case. This time it's Juror 11, who was released from further service due to illness. Our producer inside the courtroom says he's the only juror who appears to be a minority. He is Hispanic and has a long ponytail.

Juror 5 got the boot earlier after the defense charged that she was “not fair and impartial” when she made some undisclosed statements related to the trial. The jury is now down to 10 men and 6 women

Alyce LaViolette, the defense’s domestic violence expert in the Jodi Arias trial, has been testifying for days about how she believes that Arias was a victim of abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander. Now, courtroom observers are getting some insight into how the jury has been responding to LaViolette's testimony. And the big question on Friday was what proof there was – beyond Arias’ word – that she was actually abused?

“I actually didn’t see other evidences of physical violence by Travis other that what Ms. Arias told me,” said LaViolette.

LaViolette also admitted she had no proof – beyond Arias’ word – that Alexander ripped pages out of her journal and told her to only write positive things about him.

Jurors also had questions about Arias’ manipulative behavior. They wanted to know if Arias had manipulated LaViolette or if LaViolette had talked to anyone from Arias’ past to determine a pattern.

"I don’t see a pattern of manipulation in the way I would define it… I think anybody can be manipulative. What I look for are patterns and I didn’t see that in the materials that I read," said LaViolette.

Later on, another question asked about LaViolette’s definition of manipulation: "Is it possible that your definition of manipulation differs from others?"

"Yes," said LaViolette.

"Is it possible your definition is wrong?"

"Sure," said LaViolette.

...more at link
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/04/12 ... -questions

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I don't know why the judge extended LaViolette's stay/subpoena (Mal is right about how LaViolette said she had medical issues she had to deal with on Monday and could only make it back Tuesday).

Wong is about another matter altogether (but my memory is shot as to what happened last week). I'll read around after I come back from dinner to refresh our recollections.

This trial is certainly one for the books, Joni!

SO glad you were able to be here with us today, Mal!