U guys were going to put the beat on him" ; "Do you think Doug's family wishes he could have the luxury to go home?" Deputy District Attorney Rees asks Juan Ferrer

DDA Roger Rees continued his cross of Juan Ferrer this morning by showing him a photo and asking him to identify it. Ferrer said it was from his facebook page. Then DDA Rees asked him to identify where it was taken, Ferrer just responded with, "a store in Japan town". When pressed, he said that was a store that sold "Hello Kitty" stuff. This was a reference to the testimony yesterday where Ferrer saw a band, shopped with his girlfriend Sophie Rocheleau and had a  nice Thanksgiving family dinner, the same week he had an altercation with Douglas Anderson.

DDA Rees asked him to identify what his facebook page name was, Ferrer said "Repo Man." The jury got to see a photo and a comment below it by Ferrer.

Then DDA Rees questioned Ferrer again about discrepancies in his testimony in court versus previous conversations with law enforcement. When DDA Rees asked Ferrer why he gave a different answer in court about the route he took home after they walked away from Anderson on 12th and H streets than the one he gave Acting Sgt. Chris Ortega, and why he told law enforcement he went directly home, Ferrer said "because of everything he was going through" and added today, "We were going to the school to finish some whiskey." He omitted that detail yesterday and never mentioned it to law enforcement.

DDA Rees questioned Ferrer about telling Acting Sgt. Ortega about what "Nick and Sohphie had done", yet yesterday he said he did not remember. Ferrer kept insisting that he only knew what Nicholas Stoiber and Sophie Rocheleau did because Acting Sgt. Ortega told him what happened. "I was repeating what they told me."

Same type of explaining away about the knife and length. DDA Rees asked him "yesterday you said you only told your sister about stabbing but you told your grandma you were in a fight?"

Ferrer said yes. Then DDA Rees said, "Did you review any materials before coming to testify?"

"I've had my discovery, so yeah," said Ferrer. "After coming to court, yeah I saw my transcript."

Then DDA Rees read from that transcript in which Ferrer said to his grandmother. "I think I stabbed somebody."

Ferrer then changed his answer, "As far as I can remember, I just told my sister and grandma. My grandma knew something was wrong from my behavior."

DDA Rees: "You were here (in court) when Detective Ortega testified about his theories. Did he tell you his theory at the hospital?"

Ferrer: "It is no secret what his theory was from the go."

DDA Rees then read a statement from that hospital interview with Acting Sgt. Ortega saying, "There are two theories." DDA Rees asked Ferrer if one of those theories was based on a statement by Stoiber "U that "U guys were going to put the beat on him."

Ferrer hemmed andhawed and then said "They saw I needed help...They came to help me."

It had been about 10 minutes into this morning's session and Ferrer was getting starting to testy in his responses.

DDA Rees then asked him where the altercation took place. Ferrer said, "Initially, I thought it took place near the store but after hearing Sarah Brody testify, I feel near the Vintage Avenger."

DDA Rees then pointed out that when Acting Sgt. Ortega has asked him if the altercation was near the Vintage Avenger, he had responded, "Yeah."

DDA Rees asked him, "What did you mean by 'I seen red." This referring to a previous interview.

"I was scared," said Ferrer.

DDA Rees: "Doesn't red mean anger?"

Ferrer: " I don't know the definition. I meant panic."

DDA Rees then asked Ferrer that when Acting Sgt. Ortega asked him to tell him everything, "why didn't you tell him about '"I will fucking kill you"; "I will fuck/shut that fat bitch up'?

"I didn't think it was important," said Ferrer.

"You didn't think it was important but now a year and half later, you remember?"

Mr. Marek Reavis, Ferrer's defense attorney then questioned him and asked him, "Why didn;t you call 911? Why didn't you check on Mr. Anderson-Jordet?"

Ferrer gave the same answer as yesterday which is because Anderson got up. Then two of Anderson's family members in the audience had to hear Ferrer say he felt safe in the streets of Arcata before Anderson "attacked him like a rabid jackal."

Mr. Reavis' cross for the most part was an opportunity for Ferrer to further embellish his version of events with no new information and Mr. Reavis prompting answers from Ferrer with his long questions.

A few minutes before he ended his relatively brief re-direct, Mr. Reavis asked Ferrer,"Did you intend to stab Mr. Anderson-Jordet?"

Ferrer: "no."

Mr. Reavis: Did you intend to kill Mr. Anderson-Jordet?"

Ferrer: "No."

Mr. Reavis asked Ferrer if he had any feelings of regret. Instead of showing any remorse, Ferrer went off about himself.

"One of the things that makes my remorse (pause), The thing that makes it odd is the support that I get every day from correctional staff, how many people support me..." Mr. Rees objected to the support part and those remarks were stricken by the Judge.

Then Ferrer continued a monologue. "I wish we could have met under different circumstances. I think he was in a bad spot. He would have seen I could have been a friend to him. I feel a deep sense of pity. I know what it is like to lose someone at the hands of someone else and I hold it against them (Anderson's family) that they are angry."

Please see my earlier post where Anderson's family has never said anything disparaging about Ferrer despite their grief.

Ferrer went on about how he would like the luxury to go home, have a nice meal and not be shoved from cell to cell coming to court every day.

On a brief re-cross, DDA Rees brought that statement up and said, "Do you think Doug's family wishes he had the luxury to go home?"

Ferrer snapped at Mr. Rees, "I knew you would bring that up. That is a stupid question to ask."

And that is the image Ferrer left the jury with this morning.