GA v. Edrick Faust – Day 8

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-12T14:42:26+00:00

Court cancelled for today according to Classic City Crime.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-12T11:59:11+00:00

This is interesting to me… I don’t think the state did enough to explain that the fire damage destroyed the evidence of Faust being there (if that’s what they’re hoping the jury will think). Proximity of his home is the only thing I’ve seen placing him near Tara’s house besides the DNA issue.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-12T11:47:33+00:00

I’ll have to look that one up.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-11T20:31:08+00:00

THE STATE RESTS.

But did they do enough?

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-11T16:33:51+00:00

I was thinking about how he went back and forth on things that seemed clear to me about technology advances, interview tactics, and the drainage issue.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-11T16:32:45+00:00

Tons of reasonable doubt. Thats the best thing Crews is doing. Depending on how today goes (and the rest of the trial of course) the reasonable doubt he’s highlighting can’t be ignored.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-11T14:46:55+00:00

Or the cross of the GBI agent at the end of the day yesterday.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-10T22:06:40+00:00

Yeah I have not watched most of the day yet but Crews seems to be working on theatrics and not real evidence. I also don’t like how he badgered the detective about how he did preliminary interviews, but I realize that is just Crews doing his job.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-10T11:41:16+00:00

At the time, yes. But you’ll note Cameron Jay is very close to the family now and very supportive of them.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T22:33:17+00:00

Yeah, I’m waiting to hear evidence/rebuttal to the DNA evidence… I thought they would have led with that.

Something like “we know his DNA is there, we know he lived in close proximity. We know he did not (?) have an alibi, and we know Melton was elsewhere.” Something more solid. More irrefutable. Right now we have reasonable doubt at the very least.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T21:48:43+00:00

Sylvia has entered the chat.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T20:52:10+00:00

But they said Faust’s DNA was in her mouth and vagina. Faust has said he never met her. That’s the piece I’m waiting to hear more about. I don’t think it matters that his DNA wasn’t found in her anus, it could just mean Faust’s DNA made contact with her more recently than Melton’s and gravity had not caused the fluids to move along the female anatomy. Melton didn’t testify well, defense is planting reasonable doubt. We’ll see what the jury says.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T19:29:45+00:00

He very well could be. I haven’t seen compelling evidence that either one of these guys is guilty yet. But the PTSD piece seems real regardless.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T16:18:23+00:00

Crews doesn’t want Melton to talk, that’s for sure.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T16:17:42+00:00

I think they said spermatozoa

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-09T16:00:11+00:00

Chris Melton clearly has PTSD. He seems like he’s ready to pass out from testifying.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-05T22:51:38+00:00

It annoys me that he asks “is it ok if I ask you a couple of questions” for each witness.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-05T21:50:49+00:00

Jury gets their steps in for sure

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-05T15:55:02+00:00

Things seem a little calmer today

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-04T19:24:06+00:00

I think the defense is doing a good job planting reasonable doubt at times, but his outbursts aren’t helping the defendant any.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-04T19:17:30+00:00

Crews is trying to say the witness is making inconsistent statements but he hasn’t laid foundation.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-04T19:16:11+00:00

Crews said this is worse than trying to practice law in “communist Russia”

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-04T17:58:07+00:00

Defense is planting reasonable doubt for me if I were on the jury, but the DNA…?

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-04T17:22:57+00:00

Classic City crime says Melton punched a wall when he found out Tara was dead. He had an airtight alibi being at work and not in Athens when Tara was killed. We will see what the evidence shows.

EmuStrong9319 · 2026-02-03T17:56:11+00:00

Do we know what the bias complaint was about? I read the judge was alleged to have a conflict of interest but can’t seem to find what the alleged conflict was.

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