O’Brien’s act interfered the arrest and resulted in Friedbrain’s escape.
In the cross examination of Ugarte, the defence attorney asked Ugarte about was she sure that O’Brien heard her yelling stating that were police officers, and in response, Ugarte seemed not sure about whether O’Brien would hear her clearly. Ugarte also agreed to the defence attorney that there was a possibility that O’Brien did not heard her yelling due to the long distance (20m away). Apart from that, when a person was angry at the moment, sometimes people would miss what was happening outside the thing which he/she was …show more content…
Fantasia agreed to the statement of she lied in order to get Friedbrain a longer sentencing. This is a factor that would prove that Fantasia are more likely to solve problems due to what she feel but not on the neutral side which always judge things reasonably and fairly.
O’Brien was short sighted and was across the street. O’Brien thought there was just a simple fight between two people. There is a possibility that he didn’t see what happened clearly.
Since Fantasia was not dressed in the police uniform due to her undercover duty, O’Brien could not recognize Fantasia as a police officer.
As soon as O’Brien saw their fight, he told his fiancee to call 911.
O’Brien had a bottle of wine when they ate dinner. Since O’Brien had drunk a little, so he couldn’t hear things clearly. He didn’t hear clearly to what actually Friedbrain or Fantasia were saying.
O’Brien wanted to help the one on the bottom and not meant to harm anyone.
During an argument between the Crown’s and defence’s attorney, the Crown’s attorney even stated that O’Brien might lie under oath, that was not respectful. There was no evidence that O’Brien would lie under oath or anything which lowered his credibility