Does anyone else find it strange there are no timestamps? This conversation looks like it was typed up in a random text editor. And the supposed roommate’s response make me wonder if this is the first time they saw these texts.
That partial transcript isn’t an exhibit, but rather part of a charging document; it’s presumably formatted to be consistent with the standards of the court in which it is filed (courts can be very picky about this stuff, requiring specific margins, typefaces, spacing, etc., and sometimes judges have their own personal rules). In addition to this charging document, the prosecution will file exhibits consisting of screenshots or some other type of transcript that is admissible as evidence.
Does anyone else find it strange there are no timestamps? This conversation looks like it was typed up in a random text editor. And the supposed roommate’s response make me wonder if this is the first time they saw these texts.
That partial transcript isn’t an exhibit, but rather part of a charging document; it’s presumably formatted to be consistent with the standards of the court in which it is filed (courts can be very picky about this stuff, requiring specific margins, typefaces, spacing, etc., and sometimes judges have their own personal rules). In addition to this charging document, the prosecution will file exhibits consisting of screenshots or some other type of transcript that is admissible as evidence.
It should have timestamps, even if it is just a charging document. I can’t imagine prefacing the names with times would be out of bounds.
We know the roommate was cooperating, and the police had Robinson’s phone, so without timestamps this looks planted.