Jose Baez was really on a roll. He was just in the midst of saying, "We're not talking about fantasy forensics anymore. We're talking about cold hard evidence that points to one person.." And that one person he is talking about is George Anthony. However right at that point, Jeff Ashton is laughing, covering up his mouth. And in fact he has a hard time controlling his facial expressions throughout Baez's closing, and is smirking, smiling and laughing quite a bit. This is beyond a spontaneous outburst or a single stifled laugh.
However Jose Baez interrupts his statement suddenly, and says "despite what that 'laughing man' might say.." Jeff Ashton OBJECTS.
Jose Baez was right that Ashton's behavior was completely unprofessional. According to Sunny Hostin of In Session (a former federal prosecutor), Ashton was engaging in these types of facial expressions from the very beginning of the trial.
However, if he had been able to control himself, stop and tell Judge Perry appropriately about Ashton's violation, he would have really won big. Instead, by losing it, he broke one of the rules of closing, and thus both he and Jeff Ashton were reprimanded.
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