Samuel Dietman
Live from the courtroom: After all the craziness surrounding the testimony of Joetta Gonzales, the jury had a number of questions they wanted answered. In Marciopa County courts, they get to write down their questions on sheets of paper and hand them to the judge to be asked by him.
Chief among their questions today: Did Gonzales and Dieteman ever smoke methamphetamine together?
During his testimony earlier this month, Dieteman already talked in depth about his addiction to meth and alcohol before his arrest. With the jury out of the room, Steinle asked Gonzales about drug use. She admitted to smoking meth with Dieteman but said they had not used the drug together during the period of time she was testifying about.
Judge Roland Steinle decided that the fact wasn’t relevant to her testimony, and so the jury didn’t get a chance to hear the answer to their question.