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Originally Posted by JustRalph
The Doctor for the prosecution was warned not to discuss certain test results. He did anyway. Even though the Judge ordered him not to.
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Let’s see what really happened.
Dr. Fowler, testifying for the defense, theorized that carbon monoxide from a running car may have been partially responsible for George Floyd’s death. He speculated that Floyd may have had as much as 18% CO in his blood. I say speculated, because no one at the trial had any actual test results to refer to.
After Dr. Fowler’s testimony, the prosecution was contacted by Dr. Baker, who informed them of the existence of test results definitively showing the CO in Floyd’s was only 2%. But the judge refused to allow those test results into evidence.
Where you (And the author of the article you apparently read) are confused, is that the prosecution found a way to present those facts without using the banned test results.
The Jury had already heard testimony and seen test results showing that the Oxygen levels in Floyd’s blood was at 98%. Simple addition and subtraction tells you the amount of CO cannot exceed 2%.
Judge Cahill was very clear that presenting those test results would cause a mistrial. There was no mistrial because the Prosecution found another way to rebut Dr. Fowler’s testimony.
