murder scene. how many blackout, ar style rifles did you make for alec murdaugh? three. when was the last made? april 2018. anderson, the defense is quick to point out how cooperative they say alec murdaugh was with investigators from the start. they say he granted them several interviews and helped them to unlock his wife s phone once it was found and gave them the pincode and did not ask for a search warrant when they wanted to come into the home, seize the weapons and search his gun room. they wanted to make the point to the jury. i want to bring in mark o meara and a former prosecutor, lead anchor for court tv. mark, much of the focus is several days after the murders murdaugh said to investigators i did him so bad. some construed it as a confession.
on the common sense aspect. the guy just confesses to murder and you don t ask a follow-up question? you don t, like, call him out on it? so, i think prosecutors, again, they have to lean heavier on the timeline and the big lies that they can prove inside this courtroom. merck, when the defense argues there could ve been two shooters involved in the murders, is that a wise strategy for the defense to essentially try to come up with as many different possibilities just to kind of have some sort of reasonable doubt in their? well, criminal defense 101. you don t have accrued innocence, you have to prove that there is reasonable doubt. so, the idea of suggesting any alternative besides the one that the state is presenting is not a bad way to do it. and look, let s face it, the idea that there were two separate long guns firearms used to commit this double murder is a question that needs
murder investigation. but they will rely upon common sense. mark has something. if the guy confesses to murder and you don t ask a follow up question. you don t call him out on it. i think prosecutors, again, they have to lean heavier on the timeline and the big lies that they can prove inside the courtroom. mark, when the defense argues there could have been two shooters involved in the murders. is that a wise strategy for the defense to try to come up with as many different possibilities just to have some sort of beyond a reasonable doubt in there? criminal defense 101. you don t have to prove innocence. you have to prove if there is reasonable doubt. the idea of any alternative besides the one the state presents is not a bad way to do it. the idea that there were two separate long gun used to commit
fix it, not by simply saying to the jury that the law is going to come from the court, which it will, but that this is a misstatement of the law, this argument is improper. we join. thank you, your honor. yesterday, the defense got up here and argued their interpretation of the law. and i didn t object at all because i knew it was their interpretation of what they believe the law to be. they went through the whole probable cause thing, they callcall ed him a burglar. the state didn t objebobject, i understood this was their position. i declared to this jury and i will again this is what the law is and this is how you apply it to these facts and this is the state s interpretation of how you read the law, just like they gave their interpretation in their closing yesterday. i ask that you deny the mistrial. [ inaudible ]
caught taking something from a house. this is your glynn county law enforcement, he s on the case, talking with larry english constantly, knows all about this. what did he say to the defense? how do you identify a burglar? because they get caught. then asked, wait a second, isn t burglary the attempt to commit a theft therein. what did he say? how do i know what his intent was? right. right. how would officer rash know what ahmaud arbery s intent was, right there. said it right on the stand. but the defense, of course, says, well there are things of value in there. okay, but those things of value have been in there. they were in there all of 2019. they were in there october, november, december, january and february. and they were never stole on are taken. ever. by anyone. including mr. arbery. it s not a burglary.