Testimony: Husband had $200K policy on slain wife
By Joe Mahoney, The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. | |
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The
Taking the stand in the
The indictment against
On
Through cross examination, defense lawyer
Not quite four months later, on
Garcia was able to establish in his questioning of the witness that
During the back-and-forth parrying between the defense lawyer and the prosecutor, however, McBride pointed out that
Prosecution testimony has suggested
An earlier prosecution witness,
Sayles has testified that she had advised
Garcia got Angle to acknowledge that
The newspaper reported that Ramsaran initially declined to comment when asked if there was a life insurance policy on his wife. In a subsequent interview, he complained about how his refusal to discuss the matter was noted in a newspaper article.
"I've been totally open and honest with you from the beginning, and you've treated me like some nitwit," he was quoted as saying in the subsequent interview.
He also confirmed in the subsequent interview that he in fact did have a life insurance policy through his employer that covered both his wife and himself, one he said had been "taken out many, many years ago." He added that no changes had been made to it in recent years.
In other testimony Friday,
Tocheny also testified that such a device would not be able to connect to a home Wi-Fi unit once it was moved 200 feet or more from the modem. Tocheny also noted that the Ramsaran home Wi-Fi network was called "Psycho."
The testimony elicited from Tocheny stands in contrast to the reported alibi of
When Ramsaran called police from the location where he said he found the phone -- near the intersection of
McBride also sought to discredit the defendant's alibi by putting
The computers showed no activity in the time periods Ramsaran had told police he was doing his
Another prosecution witness,
Dirty and muddy, the family Chrysler van that Ramsaran told police his wife had driven from the home that morning was found five days later outside the
The prosecutor has tried to build a circumstantial case against Ramsaran, piecing together a mosaic of information aimed at convincing the jury of nine men and three women that he has assembled enough pieces of the puzzle to show
In felony trials, it is routine for defense lawyers to argue before judges that there should be a directed verdict of acquittal once the prosecution rests its case. And Garcia said he expects to make such a request of Judge
"I'm going to argue it vigorously, and I'm sure
Asked how Ramsaran views his chances of winning an acquittal, Garcia said, "My client feels confident. He's in a good state of mind."
Ramsaran was placed into a police van after the trial recessed for the weekend and was transported back to
Testimony is slated to resume Monday morning.
McBride is hoping to rest the prosecution case late Monday, with his final witness expected to be
If Ramsaran declines to take the stand in his own defense, the jurors, before beginning deliberations, are expected to be instructed by the judge to refrain from viewing that as an indication he committed the crime in question.
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