CA v. SOMMER (2007)
Cynthia Sommer is charged with poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic to obtain $250,000 in veteran's benefits. Todd Sommer died suddenly in February 2002 in his home. His unexpected death was initially ruled due to cardiac arrhythmia. But more than a year later, scientists found elevated levels of arsenic in Todd Sommer's tissues. Prosecutors admitted they had no evidence, no purchasing records, an electronic paper trail or any direct link to prove that Sommer had access to the arsenic that killed her husband. Instead, they focused on her seeming inability to live within her means and her promiscuous behavior after her husband's death.
CA v. SOMMER (2007)
1-CA v. Sommer: Opening Statements
2-CA v. Sommer: Special Agent Rob Terwilliger
3-CA v. Sommer: Thomas Streckfuss
4-CA v. Sommer: Military Law Enforcement Testimony
5-CA v. Sommer: Witness Testimony
6-CA v. Sommer: Medical Expert Testimony
7-CA v. Sommer: Military Law Enforcement Testimony
8-CA v. Sommer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
9-CA v. Sommer: Witness Testimony
10-CA v. Sommer: The 911 Tape
11-CA v. Sommer: Military Law Enforcement Testimony
12-CA v. Sommer: Witness Testimony
13-CA v. Sommer: Military Law Enforcement Testimony
14-CA v. Sommer: The Sommer Family
15-CA v. Sommer: The Sommer Family PT2
16-CA v. Sommer: Susie Peace
17-CA v. Sommer: Witness Testimony
18-CA v. Sommer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
19-CA v. Sommer: April Riel
20-CA v. Sommer: Medical Expert Testimony
21-CA v. Sommer: OPJ: Jury Instructions
22-CA v. Sommer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
23-CA v. Sommer: Investigation Officials
24-CA v. Sommer: Expert Testimony
25-CA v. Sommer: Investigator Testimony
26-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Jose Centeno
27-CA v. Sommer: Cynthia Sommer
28-CA v. Sommer: Heather Xitco
29-CA v. Sommer: Witness Testimony
30-CA v. Sommer: OPJ: Dr. Alphonse Poklis
31-CA v. Sommer: OPJ: Dr. Elzbieta Bakowska
32-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Alphonse Poklis Recall
33-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Alphonse Poklis Recall PT2
34-CA v. Sommer: OPJ: Dr. Elzbieta Bakowska Recall
35-CA v. Sommer: OPJ: Dr. Laura Labay
36-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Elzbieta Bakowska
37-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Elzbieta Bakowska PT2
38-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Laura Labay
39-CA v. Sommer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
40-CA v. Sommer: Dr. Jose Centeno Recall
41-CA v. Sommer: Witness Testimony
42-CA v. Sommer: Investigator Recalls
43-CA v. Sommer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
44-CA v. Sommer: Jury Instructions
45-CA v. Sommer: Prosecution Closing Arguments
46-CA v. Sommer: Defense Closing Arguments
47-CA v. Sommer: Prosecution Rebuttal
