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Martinez then asked LaViolette how could she then render an accurate opinion in the Arias case if she didn't conduct interviews and mostly relied on text messages, emails, and journals in her evaluation.
Martinez said, "The question is asked why is that important to you, Ms. LaViolette. Do you see that?"
"Yes," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And the answer is, 'It’s important to me because there is a saying, I don’t know if all of the world, but in the clinical world, 90% of all communication is nonverbal,' Did you say that? Yes or no?"
"Yes I did," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And then there is a sentence that says, 'And that’s one of the things that we are looking at is apparently the communication between Mr. Alexander and although he says it’s okay for her to date.' And then it goes on, right?"
"Yes and it is in the context that also personal communication, face-to-face communication between Mr. Alexander and Ms. Arias," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "I know that is what you want to tell us but in terms of 598 [a piece of evidence], it does say, 'I don’t know if all of the world, but in the clinical world, 90% of all communication is nonverbal.' That’s what it says, right?"
"Yes," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And if we are applying that to the conversation involving [another woman] and to Mr. Alexander that you told us about last Thursday, that would mean that you were 90% wrong because there was no, you were not able to look at the nonverbal communication, were you?"
"That’s quite an extrapolation Mr. Martinez," said LaViolette.
HLN is live-blogging the Jodi Arias trial. Read about LaViolette's testimony from Thursday, here, her fifth day on the stand here, her fourth day here, her third day here, her second here and her first moments on the witness stand here. Read below for minute-by-minute updates from the trial. (Best read from the bottom up):
4:47 p.m. ET: Martinez is grilling LaViolette about her presentation about how "Snow White" could be considered a battered woman. LaViolette said the presentation was about gender, and Martinez is taking it out of context.
4:41 p.m. ET: The judge just announced court will not be held April 22, because a juror has another engagement.
4:39 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar with the judge.
4:32 p.m. ET: LaViolette is on the stand, and the trial is being seated.
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