The we got cell phone data was as much of a fizzle as the rest of the People's case in the Coleman trial

 

Sgt. John Beauchaine was back on the stand in the Demetrius Coleman jury trial this morning. During cross examination by Ms. Andrea Sullivan, Sgt. Beauchaine said he did not follow up regarding Coleman's phone location after Acosta told him about the alleged "kidnap" attempt on her mother.

Both yesterday and today, he could not recall dates of interviews with witnesses and Deputy District Attorney Carolyn Schaffer as him to look at his report. This is a homicide case. He also testified there was no positive ID of Coleman in a six pack line up.

There was a stipulation on record about the three phones in Alma Ahumadamendoza's possession when she was arrested in North Dakota. Two were Apple phones and one LG phone.

Then HCSO evidence tech Andrew Campbell returned to the stand. We heard one phone was not used prior to January 13, 2020 and that this could either because the phone was not used prior to that date or a factory reset. Yet, no evidence was provided if the phone had been "wiped" to use Campbell's term. Then we saw a photo and heard about a note with Coleman's date of birth and selfies and text messages indicating the Apple I 7 belonged to Coleman.

The exhibits of the few text messages displayed by the People were just general. Few were about the owner of the phone being robbed. There was one text message with just Johnny Renfro's name; one link to an article stating Coleman was a person of interest in isolation. The threads weren't even connected.

And Campbell's interpretation of what certain texts meant. If he was forming an opinion on phrases used in other texts, then show them all. I think I will pass on the interpretation white guy who works for HCSO explaining linguistics used by people of color and in the marijuana industry.

"Me personally, I got some issues going on "

"They just robbed me at gunpoint and someone got knocked down."

"I am not okay but I am still free"

"They look fuh me."

"I need to make some dough"

"These niggas layed me down and put iron in my mouth"

"And strip me of 50 p"

These are just some text when out of the few selected texts displayed by the People out of context. I don't have the displays so a few texts that I or  anyone types them in an article are even more out of context because they would not be in the sequence displayed in court.

The texts do not prove Coleman killed Renfro. Most messages corroborate that Coleman was robbed. What they prove is a person needing money, a person robbed, a person following a news article.

Ms. Sullivan only had a couple of questions for Campbell. She asked him how familiar he was with the language used in the text and phrases used in the marijuana industry. Campbell could not explain the phrase "mathematically incorrect." 

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