Judge: Law partner must testify about Wade's relationship with Willis

[MichMan]

19. The standard is the preponderance of evidence, not 100% absolute proof

I'm not getting a good feeling about this.

If Mr. Bradley confirms what Ms. Yeartie testified, that would make the statements under oath by Willis and Wade problematic. Someone isn't being truthful, and it will be up to the judge to determine whom to believe.

The phone calls could absolutely be legitimate business calls. It does seem rather unusual that there would be so many, and at all hours of the night, but who knows? Now, if there were a similar number of calls to the two other prosecutors working on the case during that time period, that should be easy to prove and would negate the whole issue.

As for the cell phone records of times and locations, it absolutely could be that Mr. Wade was frequenting other establishments in the area and was not at Ms. Willis condo. Not sure how many of them are open for business at 3AM. He also testified that he used his business credit card for nearly all his transactions, so he should have those records showing he was at bars, restaurants, or other places he mentioned like the airport or the Porsche Driving Experience instead.

It seems stupid that something like this could cause them to be removed from the case, but courts take untrue statements by officers of the court pretty seriously compared to other witnesses. As much as it would suck, sometimes if something looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is a duck