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I wanted to give all of you a heads up--I'm covering the final closing arguments of the Dean Cummings trial today, the defense having rested yesterday afternoon, but in a different format than previously.
Nick Rekieta of Rekieta Law has kindly invited me on to his Rumble stream today to guest-host the trial proceedings, so that's where I'll be. Accordingly, you won't find me live streaming the proceedings, as previously for this trial, on my Law of Self Defense Rumble, YouTube, Twitter, or LOSD Members page. (LOSD Members should expect a playback of today's streaming as a blog post and podcast content, however, shortly after the day wraps up.)
Nick plans to start his streaming coverage of the Cummings trial at 11 AM Eastern time, with the trial itself expected to come into session at 11:30 AM. We'll likely spend the first 30 minutes prior to court commencing just doing a quick recap of the trial to date--and perhaps playing an audio-optimized version of the rifle-handling cross-examination of the defendant!
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This is our FINAL day of CATCH-UP live-streaming the Dean Cummings self-defense trial taking place this week in New Mexico--with our next show on this trial we'll be doing our commentary and analysis in real time, as the trial takes place. This will be a relatively SHORT DAY, as court was in session for only about three hours.
Cummings is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, tampering with evidence, and concealing his identity. His legal defense is self-defense.
Spoiler: I'm told that at the end of today's proceedings the State rests, and the court grants the defense motions to dismiss the ridiculous charges of tampering with evidence and concealing his identity. Remaining for the jury's consideration, however, are the equally ridiculous murder and manslaughter charges.
So, today's show will be our assessment of whether the remainder of the State's evidence could possibly lead any rational jury to a conclusion that Cummings claim of self-defense has been disproved beyond a reasonable doubt by the State.
Once again, I've invited various law-guests on throughout the day, as they have time and interest available--pop in and see who's joined!
Dean Cummings, once apparently a famous skier, shot and killed Guillermo Arriola on February 29, 2020, in New Mexico. The two men got into an altercation in Cummings trailer when they argued about a prospective sale of land by Arriola to Cummings. Cummings claims that Arriola sprayed him with a chemical irritant and tried to kill him, and that Cummings shot Arriola dead with a rifle in self-defense.
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Today the defense begins to present its case in chief to the jury in the murder trial of NM v. Cummings, the State having rested on Friday afternoon. This means that finally the defense will be calling its own witnesses, and the State will be limited to cross-examination of those witnesses.
We'll be live streaming today's proceedings in real-time, rather than playing catch-up as we were doing in our coverage of the trial last week. (That means no fast-forwarding through breaks, unfortunately--but we'll fill that time with other content.)
Court is expected to come into session at 11 AM ET. We'll start our coverage an hour prior, at 10 AM ET, perhaps with a replay once again of the opening statements to refresh everyone's recollection on what each side promised at the start of this trial to deliver to the jury.
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I've also sent out guest invites to the usual "Friends of Law of Self Defense," so we may have some of those great folks popping in from time to time to add insight, analysis, and humor, as their time and interest allows.
The State's narrative of guilt of famous skier Dean Cummings in the shooting death of Guillermo Alliora presented in last week's case in chief proved shockingly weak. This was especially true of the State's final witness, the lead investigator on this case, who because of a 9-day coma has lost virtually all recollection of the matter, not even recalling if he testified before the grand jury (he did). The State's other witnesses, especially their law enforcement witnesses, were also just awful.
While no one can ever know what really happened in that cabin the day Cummings shot and killed Arriola, the State's burden to achieve conviction of Cummings is to disprove his legal defense of self-defense beyond any reasonable doubt. So far any objective view of the evidence and testimony must conclude that it is entirely consistent with self-defense, rather than inconsistent--and certainly does not disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Dean Cummings, once apparently a famous skier, shot and killed Guillermo Arriola on February 29, 2020, in New Mexico. The two men got into an altercation in Cummings trailer when they argued about a prospective sale of land by Arriola to Cummings. Cummings claims that Arriola sprayed him with a chemical irritant and tried to kill him, and that Cummings shot Arriola dead with a rifle in self-defense.
Cumming is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, tampering with evidence, and concealing his identity. His legal defense is self-defense.
I only became aware of this trial when it was brought to my attention by @LawTalkWithMike, who invited me on his show to discuss the case, but unfortunately by the time I came across his invitation I'd missed the window.
Opening statements occurred two days ago, on November 1, 2022, so we're playing catch up on the proceedings.
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#DeanCummings
This is our second day of live-streaming the Dean Cummings self-defense trial taking place this week in New Mexico. Note that we're playing catch-up, so today's live stream will mostly cover yesterday's proceedings. I expect to have various law-guests on throughout the day as they have time and interest available--pop in and see who's joined!
Dean Cummings, once apparently a famous skier, shot and killed Guillermo Arriola on February 29, 2020, in New Mexico. The two men got into an altercation in Cummings trailer when they argued about a prospective sale of land by Arriola to Cummings. Cummings claims that Arriola sprayed him with a chemical irritant and tried to kill him, and that Cummings shot Arriola dead with a rifle in self-defense.
Cumming is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, tampering with evidence, and concealing his identity. His legal defense is self-defense.
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Yesterday a MI trial judge ruled that probable cause existed to bring Police Officer Christopher Schurr to trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the shooting death of violently non-compliant suspect Patrick Lyoya. Lyoya was shot and killed by Officer Schurr while the two men fought over control of the officer's Taser following Lyoya's lawful traffic stop.
We'll cover that entire probable cause finding by the judge during the public portion of today's show, in particular discussing what I consider to be America's broken probable cause standard for dragging citizens into criminal trials. Then during the LOSD Members-only portion of the show we'll apply that analysis to the actual video of the Lyoya stop and shooting.
FAIR WARNING: That video includes the actual shooting death of Lyoya, but again we'll cover that only in the LOSD Members portion of today's show.
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Kansas City MO fireman Anthony Santi was shot and killed by a woman on October 6, as Santi struggled with convicted felon Ja'von Taylor after Taylor returned to their argument with an unlawfully possessed pistol. The last moments of the struggle and the shooting of Santi were captured on cell phone video.
Shocking many, local prosecutors announced last week that they did not intend to charge the woman in the shooting, on the grounds that they did not believe they could overcome her likely claim of legal justification.
Join us for our plain-English legal analysis of this tragic event, exploring all the reasoned legal arguments on all sides in the context of all the available evidence!
Joining us will be Missouri criminal defense attorney Kevin L. Jamison, who we were fortunate to convince to share some of his valuable time with us.
Atty. Kevin L. Jamison
2614 NE 56th Ter
Gladstone, MO 64119-2311
www.KLJamisonLaw.com
As usual, the general legal issues will be discussed in-depth in the first segment of this show, simultaneously streamed on YouTube, Rumble, and directly to our LOSD Members dashboard.
HOWEVER, the actual video, video analysis and Q&A will be limited to the second, MEMBERS-ONLY segment of the show, after the YouTube/Rumble feeds have been ended.
In addition, the Law of Self Defense Members portion of the show is the ONLY place where audience questions are answered, GUARANTEED!
Finally, Law of Self Defense Members EXCLUSIVELY may be offered the opportunity to come on the show LIVE as a guest, alongside me, and speak with me directly on the show!
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Can a court DENY your the right to argue self-defense, so that the jury will never hear the words "self-defense" spoken in your trial?
The answer may surprise you!
BURGER SHOOT!
In the Law of Self Defense MEMBERS-ONLY portion of today's show we'll also be covering the BURGER SHOOT of Erikc Cantu by (former) San Antonio Police Officer James Brennard.
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Former Wolfe City TX police officer Shaun Lucas has been acquitted of a charge of murder for the shooting death of violently non-compliant suspect Jonathan Price. Lucas happens to be white, Price happens to be black. We'll discuss the legal factors involved in this case, and will be sharing the relevant body camera footage of the shooting on the Law of Self Defense Members-only portion of this show. (Become a Law of Self Defense Member for only about 30 cents a day, here: https://lawofselfdefense.com/join)
We'll also cover in this show the apparent post-hurricane caution by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of "you loot, we shoot," the "accidental" shooting of a pro-life supporter by a pro-abortion homeowner, as well as the case of an Arizona man who threatened two "Furries" with a pistol and urged them to "go back to California!"
We'll also probably do more stuff. :-)
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Alec Baldwin certainly seems to have an open-and-shut conviction waiting for him on the charge of involuntary manslaughter. I've also discussed how there's a legal path to a conviction for felony murder.
Today we explore the legal path for Baldwin to be found guilty of MURDER murder.
SECOND: We will cover how fellow actor on the "RUST" movie set, #JensenAckles, made sure his own gun safety practices would NEVER have allowed him to unintentionally shoot someone dead on a movie set, as he discussed with law enforcement during a police interview shortly after the tragic shooting of Halyna Hutchins by #AlecBaldwin.
THIRD: We will cover the shooting by an off-duty Alabama officer of a Jeep-driving maniac at the end of his home driveway.
FOURTH: We will cover the upgrading to murder of the criminal charges of Democrat political activist #ShannonBrandt, who ran over and killed 18-year-old #CaylerEllingson for the offense of being politically conservative.
FIFTH: We will take some questions sent in from our Law of Self Defense PLATINUM members.
SIXTH: We'll take on some live guests in a traditional Call-In format, time allowing.
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FREE 5-ELEMENTS OF SELF-DEFENSE LAW CHEAT SHEET!
Totally free cheat sheet explaining the 5-elements of any claim of self-defense.
If you don’t understand these five elements you have no idea what legally qualifies as lawful self-defense.
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