The People rested their case on Wednesday in the Mario Alexander case. Court was not in session yesterday. Today, the defense case finally got underway at 11 a.m.
There was a 402 hearing outside the presence of jurors for Judge Christopher Wilson to make a ruling on the testimony of Jane Doe #2's paternal grandmother Leonora Webb.
What delayed matters further was a bat shit crazy woman who first accosted Mario Alexander's attorney Mr. Russ Clanton outside the courtroom in front of jurors. Then while the 402 hearing was going on, she started getting agitated talking to jurors in the case.
Mr. Clanton told Judge Wilson he was the attorney for Gregory Alexander and he had already explained to this woman that case was on yesterday. Mr. Clanton said there are some "mental health components" to this woman's behavior.
Judge Wilson ended up questioning each individual juror. Only four jurors heard something out of 12 jurors and 2 alternates either saw her talking to Mr. Clanton or say something about Gregory Alexander and that she knew things about the case. Judge Wilson asked some follow up questions to the 4 jurors to make sure that nothing would affect this case.
Judge Wilson told the jurors that she was there for another case, it had nothing to do with this case.
The jurors had to wait a lot due to the 8:30 calendar running late or 402 hearings. Addressing that Judge Wilson said the waiting "has been more prevalent than usual in this case."
Jurors were excused at noon after hearing from Leonora Webb and Jane Doe #2's step brother and Mario Alexander's biological son., K (not going to use his full name).
Leonora Webb dis see contacted Child Prtective Services about some concerns about four cousins and possible sexual behavior. This did not include Jane Doe.
On redurect, Web said, it was hearsay. No evidence was provided that sexual conduct occurred. The Bounce-a Palooza incident was mentioned only to Webb and Jane Doe #2 only mentioned because she didn't want to back to Humboldt County. This was when Mario Alexander was allegedly molesting her and she was living with him in Humboldt. Webb was all over the place in her 402 hearing. Attorneys were able to get more focused when the jury heard her.
I am not going to type details of Leonora Webb's 402 hearing just as I am not going to type details of the pointless cross examination by Mr. Clanton of Dori Larson, HCSO Sgt. Greg Musson and DA Investigator Dunn. Again, all these people responded, there were questions on redirect. No evidence was provided about Clabton's claims of sexual contact that Jane Doe witnessed between her cousins, copied or any evidence about the Bounce-a-Palooza incident.
From Avvo.com:
A 402 hearing is a hearing outside the presence of the jury. It is for a judge to rule on whether certain evidence can be shown to the jury at all because it may be misleading, take up too much time, be unduly prejudicial to one party or may play on emotions too much.
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