# Day 15 morning expert rulings · limited slides, deferred Zoom, bounded Condie scope

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Updated: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z

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#### Card #38: Day 15 morning expert rulings · limited slides, deferred Zoom, bounded Condie scope

- URL: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/full-timeline/card/204
- Markdown: https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/full-timeline/card/204.md
- Topic: Full Timeline
- Updated: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
- Stable key: lc:day15:card:morning-expert-rulings
- Published: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
- Materially updated: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
- Comments: 0
- Recent change: new at 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z

Filed topics:
- Primary: Court Filings & Docket — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/court-filings-docket (sort 7)
- Cross-filed: Criminal Responsibility Law — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/criminal-responsibility-law (sort 12)
- Cross-filed: Defense Case — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/defense-case (sort 28)
- Cross-filed: Full Timeline — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/full-timeline (sort 37)
- Cross-filed: Medical & Forensic Testimony — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/medical-forensic-testimony (sort 12)
- Cross-filed: Source Library & Methodology — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/source-library-methodology (sort 29)
- Cross-filed: Trial-Day Developments — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/trial-day-developments (sort 29)

Summary:

Outside the jury's presence, the judge limited Laposata's demonstrative slides, deferred her remote testimony after technical problems, and permitted Condie to address psychopharmacology while barring standard-of-care opinions.

Body:

[VERIFIED FACT] After argument outside the jury's presence, Judge William Sullivan allowed only slides 4, 5, and 6 from proposed Dr. Elizabeth Laposata demonstratives following a prosecution accuracy objection. Remote technology problems then deferred Laposata's testimony; she had not testified by the noon cutoff. [VERIFIED FACT] The judge overruled a prosecution objection to Dr. Donald Condie's revised testimony but limited him to the disclosed psychopharmacology scope and barred standard-of-care opinions. [UNKNOWN] These rulings do not establish what Laposata may ultimately say or how the jury will weigh Condie's evidence.

Structured claims:
- [verified_fact] Outside the jury's presence, the Commonwealth objected to the accuracy of proposed demonstratives for Dr. Elizabeth Laposata, including a disputed window-well depiction; Judge Sullivan allowed only slides 4, 5, and 6.
  - Stable key: lc:day15:claim:laposata-slides-limited
  - Created: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Updated: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Evidence/inference boundary: The ruling governs demonstrative use; it is not itself a factual finding about the scene or the substance of Laposata's eventual testimony.
  - Source: LIVE: Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial — Day 15 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0m34HzuwI (Argument and ruling near 01:17:10-01:24:25) [primary]
- [verified_fact] Dr. Laposata's planned remote testimony was deferred because of Zoom technical problems, and she had not testified by the noon cutoff.
  - Stable key: lc:day15:claim:laposata-zoom-deferred
  - Created: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Updated: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Evidence/inference boundary: Scheduling or identifying a proposed witness is not testimony and does not establish what the witness will say.
  - Source: LIVE: Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial — Day 15 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0m34HzuwI (Remote-witness scheduling near 01:15:40; deferral near 02:10:50-02:11:15) [primary]
- [verified_fact] Judge Sullivan allowed Condie to testify within the revised disclosed psychopharmacology scope while barring standard-of-care opinions.
  - Stable key: lc:day15:claim:condie-scope-ruling
  - Created: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Updated: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Evidence/inference boundary: The parties' descriptions of expected evidence were advocacy. The publishable procedural fact is the court's limited-scope ruling, not the truth of either side's characterization.
  - Source: LIVE: Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial — Day 15 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0m34HzuwI (Counsel argument and ruling near 02:11:45-02:17:10) [primary]

Evidence relationships:
- Relationship stable key: lc:day15:relationship:condie-scope-qualifies-expert-card
  - Published: 2026-08-18T16:14:21.719Z
  - Cited claim IDs: lc:day15:claim:condie-scope-ruling, lc:day15:claim:condie-cross-incomplete
- QUALIFIES: Dr. Donald Condie · record review and psychopharmacology testimony in progress — https://lindsay.conspirograph.com/topic/psychiatric-treatment/card/203. The court's ruling limits how the Condie testimony should be read: psychopharmacology and record review were allowed, while standard-of-care opinions were excluded, and cross-examination remained incomplete at noon.
Links:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJukLKiBt4&t=4630s
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0m34HzuwI&t=4630s

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