Day 1 of the Daniel Riley Trial: Eyewitness, 911 caller C. J. Eckrich delivers testimony
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2024
- Emotional and powerful testimony filled the Carnahan Courthouse on Tuesday as the trial against Daniel Riley officially began. Riley is the driver accused of critically injuring Tennessee teen Janae Edmondson while she and her family were visiting St. Louis in February 2023 for a volleyball tournament at the Dome at America's Center.
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This defense is trying to trip up the witness to save that little rat's ass. Sis! Shame on you.
Omg, Yes! I just finished commenting about the same thing! He is also trying to put words into the witness mouth, or change his actual testimony to suit the defense’s needs. He’s a little weasel! This witness is refusing to fall for the okey-doke! 😂
That's his job 🥴
And obviously his morals and character. I believe in TOTALLY fair trials, but the Defense is ALWAYS allowed to OUT AND OUT LIE, ACCUSE OTHERS, TWIST WORDS, AND BULLY WITNESSES not favorable to their client. The "Under Oath, I Swear to God," means NOTHING to them! How does every defense attorney get AWAY with that, let alone sleep at night? 🤷♀️😡@@user-gs3wt2zm1o
@@user-gs3wt2zm1o it sure is his job and he sucks at it
@@shawnmaria9064 ok, and? That doesn't affect me in any way! 🥴
This is ridiculous to rip into a witness to the crash. I guess defense had nothing else
Do you not know what the job of a defense attorney? Whether or not they believe the defendant, it is their job to defend their client.
@@jacquelinecofield388 yes I do know what their job is. I can comment on social media about how I don’t agree with the defense’s direction in questioning. You do know how social media works right?
Nothing BUT to go after the prosecutions eye witness
@jacquelinecofield388 the level of crying and complaining about the attorney just doing his job is unreal.
The defense attorney is badgering the WITNESS!! This is why people don’t want to come forward. He’s being treated like the criminal 😡
Exactly 💯, this is why people mind there own business!!! He tries to do the right thing and then gets attacked by the defense attorney, shame on her!!!!
It’s really annoying me
Yea i agree
That defense attorney most definitely treated this man like a criminal, even brought up his criminal charge at the end. Shameful!
For crying out loud stand at the mic. No one can hear
That defense lawyer just got owned. The witiness was in charge, boss move!
Why is the defense lawyer trying to make this man guilty... the witness is not on trial... and why does he keep asking the same questions... 😮
Yeah it’s stupid to me. Witness is handling him good .
To try to discredit his statement. The lawyers a jerk.
And they never object to this badgering
Because it's his JOB!
Because the witness won't change his story ... to what the Defense wants him to say!! GREAT WITNESS remained calm and TRUTHFUL ... exactly the OPPOSITE of the Defense Attorney!! 🤣🤣🤣
This defense attorney stinks 😩. I like this witness, he's just trying to say what he saw, what he remembers. Give the guy a break. I'm sure it was pretty upsetting to just witness an accident this severe
The defense attorney is fighting for his client. You people must not watch many trials... He's just doing his job.
@@user-gs3wt2zm1oyou’re right, just not a very good one.. YOU people must only watch trials with garbage attorneys… also in this case, prosecutors who lacked to prep their witness… it’s like Oprah.. "Garbage for everybody! You’re garbage, and you’re garbage, and you’re garbage, everyone’s garbage!"
@@user-gs3wt2zm1ooh get over it! You must not know that everyone is entitled to their own opinion!
@@shawnmaria9064 and I stated mine. 🤣 Reading is fundamental try it.
@@shawnmaria9064 are you slow? I have my OPINION! Just like you're here giving your unsolicited opinion. 🥴
I don’t see the defense attorney as arrogant. I see him as ignorant and defensive. The witness is excellent and not at all intimidated. Imo
Excellent witness! He is very savvy about resisting being painted into a corner so he looks like he has a bad memory, bias or just plain ignorance. Every defendant is entitled to a fair defense-- but in this kind of case I would just like to see paperwork filed timely etc. However, appeals can follow if the defendant says they didn’t have effective counsel.
💯@@Grammichal
The defense attorneys job is not to make friends. So I guess he's doing his job
I don’t blame this witness for being frustrated. I’m frustrated for him! If that were me, at this point, they would have to hold me in contempt and I’d take the jail time over this. The defense attorney is showing his incompetence and unpreparedness! This witness is trying a lot harder than I would be!
No people lost their lives ..you should do what’s right even if the you get pissed frustrated..you have to understand this is all done on purpose..they try to make anyone not on their side “look incompetent “ or trying for a vendetta which is stupid dude is trying to do the right thing and because the POS decided to Drink and drive and people died..because he has a little bit of money..and a little talent ..they think he’s a good guy he’s not..he is an athlete that deserves jail time
That lawyer is dumb he ask the same question 15 ways then he tries to make you say something that the man denies several times. Lawyer watched the videos and knew exactly like this man had a timer to know he was out there 13 mins this lawyer is trying everything to not make that little boy at fault for his actions. That lawyer SUCKS!!!!! GOOD JOB STATE. Get justice for that young lady and her family.
the defense is a terrible lawyer
That defense atty is a jerk. He needs to move on and quit asking the same question again and again🤦🏻♀️. There was so much going on at the scene, who could remember exactly what they said or what time it was!
And if you've ever been in a scene at night with multiple first responder vehicles lights flashing, recognizing faces or differentiating between officers when there's now 10 on scene is impossible as a witness whose sole concern is to get your statement taken and correctly
@@ThatGirl-tg7wd
That's the defense attorneys point. If it's chaotic, then don't throw my client in prison
Wow just wow. I cannot believe the judge allowed that attorney to badger that witness.
judge stinks at his job.
Or! Or! You're not a lawyer. You don't know anything about the law.
And the defense is doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing..
Yesssss I agree with you. And the DA should be objecting!!!!
@@supriseimblack I am not a lawyer but I know what it’s like to be badgered 😉
Potter, understand what the Judge’s role is. It’s not to do either party’s job. People are watching way too much stuff like this and folk don’t understand the mechanics of a criminal trial.
I abhor treating witnesses poorly. It leads to less people wanting to come forward to help. Good witness.
The only positive thing it accomplishes is Jurors don’t like it and it makes it easier for the Jurors to vote Guilty.
Witness did a great job. I'm sure witnessing this horrific incident was very traumatic. i wouldn't remember everything i said in what order and to what police officer. Ridiculous.
Agreed!!
If you can't remember everything then don't seek to take away my clients Liberty
Defence lawyer is an arrogant person
I’m so glad the witness spoke up about how the defense atty expected him to answer questions about which cop said certain things when the witness couldn’t see the cops face! Also for telling him the video hadn’t finished playing when he (atty) took the tablet from him! The atty was trying to force the witness to testify to something that didn’t happen in his presence so he (the atty) could say he lied. Shameful! But this witness was not going out like that! 👏🏽👏🏽
PERIOD!
Everybody wants to point at Daniel, but under pressure they crack
It's disgusting to me to see a person defend this obviously guilty punk. You can't defend someone like this.
And for the male defense atty to try to place blame on the other girl he pulled out in front of.
He should have pled guilty and saved these people the pain of reliving this nightmare. 😢
I know most defense attorneys make the big bucks but I STILL could never be a defense attorney.
Is he a public defendant? Or is he being paid?
@@nicolebrown1927 Every defendant is entitled to a fair defense-- but in this kind of case I would just like to see paperwork filed timely etc. However, appeals can follow if the defendant says they didn’t have effective counsel.
This witness is a witness to this incident. He is not part of a crime. Treating him like this is messed up and not helping his case.
The sound is not good when lawyers are asking questions.
They need microphones
This is painful. I wish they’d object
Why should the State object, the Defense is alienating the witness and the jury!!! They are going to keep throwing him as much rope as he needs...
As a defence attorney the only thing you can hope for is an exponentially worse prosecutor.
When you, the defence, attack a witness, then it's probably all over for you.
Exactly and the jury notices these things.
Shows how little you know about our system. Keep crying about the OJ and the Casey Anthony verdict
This my first time hearing about this trial.😳
Same
Although I am in UK 🇬🇧
I follow these things
This is disgusting 🤬
Me too
Me too 😢
You’d make a great witness
This defense attorney is baffling me. Why is he trying so hard to FORCE this witness to veer from the statements that he’s already agreed that he gave? Why is no one saying asked & answered? The witness is clearly not disagreeing with what he’s already stated. When the defense has no defense, they always try to put the witness on trial for merely being at the right place at the wrong time.
Also: objection. leading.
He's attempting to lead the witness and failing at that.
Objection. Is there a question there? because these sounds like statements.
And maybe, objection. testifying to facts not in evidence...?
@@sarahhirshlee yes! How come we see it but the Jude can’t? 🤦🏾♀️
this defence lawyer is the worst..
@@sarahhirshlee You should watch “The Lawyer You Know!” Peter Tragos is very engaging & knowledgeable breaking down current trials. I’m not sure if he’s following this one…. Alec Baldwin’s RUST trial was the most recent (Armorer Hannah Guitierez).
False. Try again.
If you were actually open-minded you'd realize that the point is he made up his mind about the 70mph before talking to the officers.
Is this another Darrell Dumb Brooks case? Another moron flying down the street with no regard for anyone but himself
I agree I look up these monsters in prison at times to see how Darrell looks now.
OBJECTION! (groundz groundz groundz) Douchebag darrell, the ALLEGED DEFENDANT, objects to being called that name, for the record. Better get your fax strait! Is any of this even lawful law? Can we adress subject matter jurisdiction?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fr tho, I hate Darrell Brooks. Everyone hates him. Lee Owen's son said it best, "Even God hates you for your crimes..."
Too bad this dbag is not representing himself as well. But it looks like his lawyer is doing a great job of digging the hole for him to be buried in.
Eff him and Dbag darrell both.
@paulettestegall8530 how do you do that?
Affirmative
It sounds that way to me! Or he was driving too fast and lost control of the vehicle.
It pisses me off when these idiots wear masks during their trial. It’s only to try and hide their faces.
Exactly. I bet you anything, he didn’t wear a mask previously. They should be forced to come to court without a mask.
Thanks plandemic
Totally agree. Darrell Brooks had a mask on except for strategic moments, like addressing the jury in opening/closing statements or when his own family/friends testified for him by video.
Cowards these thugs are and try to have these attys defend them is messed up and making the prosecution witness seem like they are the criminals that's BS
Orrr maybe they're sick and trying not to get others sick. Or maybe they don't want to catch something. Funny that nobody ever got mad about a medical mask until anti science, pro-ignorance Dictator Trump came along, telling people it was somehow 'woke' to wear a mask and to try not to spread a deadly pandemic.
Thanks to those wonderful idiots, a million Americans died from COVID. I'm sure you don't 'believe in' some silly virus that the whole world believes in.
I'm sure the whole world is in on a conspiracy.
I'm sure you believe in an invisible guy in the sky who doesn't care how many people suffer and die, and so why should you?! Right?
I wish y'all would go back to WWJD, cuz at least you remembered there was a guy named Jesus who did give af about other people, and who would've called out trump as evil.
This s witness isnt going to let the defense attorney put words in his mouth. Good for him!
disgusting how he was treated. he literally was witness to something bad that happened and tried to help and he is being treated like a criminal!
Let's treat him with kid gloves well he's literally accusing your client of a felony!
How old is the perp? From the side he looks like a girl
I bet her father is so tempted to just grab hold of him cos I know I would be if she was my daughter 🤬
I think he's 22 NOW
His final call is an operators dream. This is the person you want first on scene. I felt scared for him as the defendant shot laser beams at him while he testified. He really ought to have qualified for some sort of witness protection, behind a screen, his name not shared with anyone but the judges & attorneys. I can understand his reticence to say he spoke to police.
Im sorry he has endured this, all for being a Good Samaritan. I hope life is good to him
Seems like a good guy trying to be a good citizen and help out ❤
I am getting tired of seeing this tablet B.S. If they want it to be part of testimony they should put it into evidence so the jury can look at it on the big screen then ask the dang questions.
Excruciating to watch the defence lawyer trying to trip up the witness to discredit him. I can’t imagine how it feels for Janae and her family to be present for this.
If you had it your way there be no trials
@@supriseimblack How do you deduce that?
Why aren't more people texting about this poor girls out come
Then he takes the video back and says so you were out there 13 mins smh right after he handed it and said that smh this lawyer does not know how to cover that little boy bc there is no covering smh that's sick they did this man like this but defense couldn't do that to the dad
You just exposed yourself
@@supriseimblack you have 8 subscribers 😂
Is that why you comment on everyone’s comments?
You’re miserable.
This witness is is a defense attorneys nightmare. Questions every word.
If you were in charge there would be no trials.
This is a good witness. He isn’t trying to lie. He just wanted to report what he saw.
The way he's treating this witness is absolutely disgusting.
Le juge aurait dû arrêter cette mascarade!
Thank you for helping and standing by this young girl.
I dont know how he can ever feel good about himself again😮 . I cant imagine doing that to somebody
C est incroyable tous ces criminels qui n assument pas la responsabilité de leurs actes!!!!ils se défendent à tout prix alors qu ils savent qu ils sont coupables!!!!quand ils commettent leurs crimes ils assument mais pour prendre leur responsabilités y a plus personne!écœurant et lâche!!!!
Wait, is that his mother sitting beside him at the defense table? The one with the striped shirt? If not, that person is unprofessional the manner in which she’s sitting and making faces as if she’s bored being there.
That's what I was thinking, and if it is, how can she even sit there ?
She must be the defenses second attorney
This video is so annoying with the horrible footage and skipping.
Great witness. He's not letting the defense lawyer get away with his usless little weasely ways.
Can't hear attorneys!! Come on. This witness being interrogated by defense. He's holding his own. Had to be horrible to see and then relive like this.
If i was the witness, i would refuse to testify under hostile conditions. Witness is NOT ON TRIAL.
He's the only thing the defense has to disprove their client's involvement.
Another incompetent defense lawyer.
This attorney needs to get a different job. He sucks BIG time.
WHAT IS THAT BANGING IN THE BACK
GROUND
This must be all the defense has is to try and poke holes in the witness testimony. Witnesses have been known to be wrong, which is a shame.
Why isnt the prosecution objecting? He has asked the same question over and over. He is making him out to be guilty of an imaginary crime. It is pissing me off for him.
L avocat montre des vidéos sans dire au procureur ce que c est!et les procureurs sont trop laxistes ils auraient dû dire objection au harcèlement du témoin en lui posant 10000 fois la même question!
It's on video.... what else do you need to make this evident. Why break apart every single thing the witness said or did. He gave a statement to what he saw or heard. At this point an I don't recall would be great.
Ce n est pas le judgement du témoin!!!!c est quoi ces questions qu il lui pose sur ces antécédents judiciaires?!!!!il est pathétique cet avocat!
LORD HAVE MERCY. 😢😢😢😢😢
Defence attorney is SO frustrating! Absolutely irritating
Agree with all of the others. So sick of seeing defense attorneys act like straight assholes.
Why don’t they show everyone the videos? They aren’t very tech savvy in St. Louis .
Great witness!
Great witness!
He tried to be as accurate as possible.
He was respectful and took his time.
Love this witness !!
Almost feels like the witness is on trial.shame on the defence. And how come I hear no objections.
I CAN'T HEAR AUDIO.
Is the judge not paying attention, he looks hostile toward the witness.
This line of questioning is such a waste of the court’s time, it didn’t accomplish anything, the defence lawyer just made a fool of himself with his ridiculous questions.
He is trying to make an issue. Of the speed when its clear. He was speeding from other statements. The defense he's putting on. For this guy will hang him. It's stupid the issue he's making. When your facing a crime. It matters the defense. They bring for you. What is he trying to prove. With the way he's going after him. There's more then one witness. He going after all them like this. Horrible what happened to her. Losing both legs but she's a strong. Young lady with a strong spirit. That's easy to see. Her determination from within.
"I already admitted i talked to 3 or 4 officers" like he feels like he's on trial. He ADMITED to speaking to them. Is he a witness or the accused??
I could never be a criminal defense attorney.
That’s why I couldn’t do it, it’s not a respected profession at all. You have to defend to lowest of the lows to keep food on your tables and you have to trip up a witness to find a loophole. Where’s the fun in that! I couldn’t imagine seeing a young lady getting her legs cut off and then have to put up with this BS! Instead of searching for the truth and getting Justice. I’d be going to jail by now having to deal with this Clown. He’s not even a good Clown!
Can't hear them. They should get closer to mic
Is it just me or does it seem like this defense attorney has no idea what he's looking for in camera footage?
Can tell the witness has law enforcement trauning.
I really cant stand most defense attorney's especially of his kind
Every defendant is entitled to a fair defense-- but in this kind of case I would just like to see paperwork filed timely etc. However, appeals can follow if the defendant says they didn’t have effective counsel.
I am heartbroken for the people who were injured in this situation. But, my heart goes out to Daniel Riley. He's just a kid. Any one of us at his age drove, on occasion, pretty darn bad. I know I did...on many occasions. With one bad decision, in a split second, many lives are changed forever. It is up to all of us adults to show the young adults coming up just how quickly a stupid choice can destroy many.
Does anyone know if C.J. Eckrich that gave this testimony has social media? I want to send him a message. He was so AWESOME. He stayed calm cool and collected. With a little salt in his responses. And the prosecution hated they weren’t getting under his skin‼️ GREAT JOB‼️‼️👏👏👏
That was a severe accident and that poor girl😢. This fellow is just being treated totally unfair by the attorney I wish the judge had of said something to him Not fair at all
It's only been a year, and this witness has difficulty remembering..
Le jury n aime pas quand on harcèle le témoin
On cross ---Witness should have said-- I said RAN because that's is legally how we refer to a " hit and run"
regardless of HOW the person was locomoting or whether they were on foot or otherwise.
It does not I Fer the method by which they left the scene
💥
I am a criminal defense attorney at that cross examination going on at 27-29 minutes is HORRIBLE. What in the world is he trying to accomplish here? I just don't get why going after this witness like this advances a Defendant's case in any way. Damn.
I hope they throw the book at him!😢
Il cherche juste à décrédibilisé le témoin parce qu il n a pas de défense c est tout!
Le gamin a voulu faire le grand et s est cru dans fast and furious et après il n assume pas comme un grand!!!!il a voulu faire le malin qu il prenne ses responsabilités au lieu de se conduire comme un lâche!!!!lui a encore ses jambes pas elle!!!!
Did riley express any remorse? Any explanation as to why he was driving so fast?
He didn't have a licence
Okay... he was going really fast...
He said the Audio hit the front of a white car.
God help the wee girl an her family roads not safe her Dad was brilliant God bless all concerned thank you xx
Why is he bringing up the witness past ....Hes not on trial ,,thats is not right
That phone going off is contempt!
Come on Judge wake up.
Il met un masque alors qu il n a pas le Covid!il n a juste pas envie de montrer son visage ni son manque d émotions au jury!il est pathétique!
A defence attorney defending the indefensible. I feel sorry for the witness . 😠
Can i have some brand new ear buds sir!!
Is the defense attorney a public defender? The way he asks questions for the witness is like flashbacks to the defense attorney, the public defender defense attorney at the Dewan Ferguson trial. A lot of them aren't even questions, they're just statements.
And they have about the same preparation work ethic as well, which is like 0. With defense attorneys like that who needs enemies?
It's all for the best though because this guy needs to go down. Sometimes I have to wonder though when defense attorneys are that bad like as bad as this guy and the one in the Ferguson trial, like maybe they hate the offender or the defendant or whatever as much as everyone else does and they want him to go down to but they have to, by law, defend them to the best of their abilities so they passive-aggressively sabotage it because they hate the person like everyone else does...?
Good points.
The defense is doing an excellent job with rough facts to work with...
DEFENSE ATTORNEY SUCKS!!!
The defense sucks.
The witness needs to get up and get the hell out of that courtroom. I would NOT SAY ANOTHER DAMN WORD. I would
Rather go to jail than to be made to look like an idiot. The lawyer is a fool.
Pitoyable cet avocat!il essaie de déstabiliser le témoin et lui gratte des minutes de vidéos lui arrache la tablette!c est juste bas de sa part et pas du tout professionnel!
Agreed! You might like watching The Lawyer You Know!!!
The defense attorney kept trying to get him to say the conversation with the officer in the video was the 1st officer he spoke with. Over & over the witness said he could not say if that was true.
I’m only 19 minutes into the video and already the defense attorney doesn’t know which video is which or how long the video is that he asked the witness to watch. I can tell he’s gonna be getting his ass handed to him by this witness before the end of his testimony lol!
What do the people at defense table look like ??
Who's on trial here? He's attacking the witness as if he caused the accident!
This witness is clearing every question from the defense attorney and he doesn’t like it one bit🧐🧐