More than 100 witnesses testified, but only Robert Woody claimed to see Kaufman’s death and link Carson to it.
1. The Trials of Frank Carson episode “Verdicts | 8” follows the 2019 verdicts in Corey Kaufman’s murder case.
2. Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffert narrates interviews with Carson’s secretary Felicia Walden, co-defendant Bobby Atwal, jurors, and prosecutors.
3. The episode contrasts Carson and the Atwal brothers’ acquittals with prosecutors’ continued insistence that they had identified Kaufman’s killers.
4. Alternate juror Eric Julian said Carson’s threats and Bobby Atwal’s burned Silverado would have pushed him toward conviction, despite no smoking gun.
5. Jurors Carrie Agundez and another panelist criticized the DA’s focus on Carson and questioned cell-phone expert Jim Cook’s protractor-based mapping.
6. Carson returned to criminal defense in 2020, arguing self-defense for a skateboarder whose murder charge was reduced to manslaughter.
7. Christina DiFilippo described fearing surveillance after detectives wiretapped her calls and used a friend for a pretext call.
8. Prosecutor Marlisa Ferreira argued that rain, snow, and heat erased trace evidence from Kaufman’s remains, a theory the episode frames as “Heads I win, tails you lose.”
9. The case included an 18-month preliminary hearing and a 17-month trial, with the reporter estimating costs in the millions.
10. For listeners interested in courtroom strategy and contested prosecutions.
