A.J. walked out of court Monday surrounded by his grandmothers, girlfriend, family and friends, as jurors have yet to reach a verdict after their first day of deliberation.
A.J. Armstrong walked out of court Monday surrounded by his grandmothers, girlfriend, family, and friends, as jurors have yet to reach a verdict after their first day of deliberation.After closing arguments, jurors went directly into deliberations. Jurors were previously told to pack a bag; in the case, they would be sequestered for the evening if they couldn't agree on a verdict before the day's end.
"The only time was not on his phone was in the 38-minute window when his parents were getting murdered," Trask said. "The alarm records are that-garbage. They are garbage," defense attorney Chris Collings said while throwing stacks of alarm records into a trash can for dramatic effect. "How many errors? How many mistakes? How many false reports do you have to have? A.J. deserves to have his future decided on something more than records that are garbage.""The reason we showed you those text messages was so you could see what the victims thought of ," Trask said to the jurors.
"A.J. was having kissy faces with his girlfriend. He's texting her, 'I love you' and 'I miss you.' Is that the state of mind of a killer?" DeToto said. Hundreds of pages of Josh Armstrong's medical records were given to the jury during to look over deliberation.
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