"I was lying, yes" admits Ferrer to DDA Roger Rees who decimated Ferrer's credibility on cross following Ferrer's own direct testimony which caught him in a mess

Yesterday, Juan Ferrer took the stand and the testimony was inconsequential. This entire morning he was on the stand. In direct testimony, we spent about 20 minutes with Ferrer's defense attorney Marek Reavis questioning about his social life, what he did normally, transferring patches onto vests but eventually getting into Mr. Reavis trying to fix the damage done to his client by the video the jury watched where Ferrer is first interviewed by Sergeants Chris Ortega and Ron Sligh.

There were several inconsistencies, contradictory statements made by Ferrer when he was questioned on direct. Key words and answers tailored to fit the defense argument and theatrics where a dramatic rendition was done by Ferrer being the victim (that suggestion made by Ferrer was insensitive) and his defense attorney being him and them acting out how the victim "fell on the knife", a claim the defense has made that has not been proven by any eye witness or testimony or evidence.

Direct questioning and Ferrer testifying on his behalf took up most of this morning, two hours. At times, Mr. Reavis' questions were longer than Ferrer's answers.

DDA Roger Rees got to finally question Ferrer during the last hour until court adjourned at noon. He was masterful in decimating Ferrer's credibility and catching him in lie after lie and inconsistency and one point when DDA Rees questioned Ferrer, his response was "I was lying, yes."

Mr. Rees' questioning of Ferrer will continue tomorrow morning at 8:30. Ferrer was cautioned twice by Judge Feeney to wait and not answer until he ruled on an objection.  Ferrer got very defensive and snapped at Mr. Rees twice after being caught in his own lies and contradictory statements. Mr. Reavis, who took a lot of leeway regarding hearsay when Ferrer was testifying on direct, objected when Mr. Rees tried to do the same.

It was not a good day for the defense. After the last two days, it is really hard to believe Ferrer's version of what happened or to trust what he is saying. His testimony sounds coached. No defendant uses words such as "great bodily injury" and "stand your ground" while testifying about a supposed traumatic encounter. Especially, when the words match the defense theory.

Ferrer's testimony is very crucial and so far, it has helped the prosecution case.

I have 16 pages of detailed testimony to type from this morning which I am posting and updating as soon as I can.