good morning, ladies and gentlemen. robert freedman was the defense s lead attorney in the penalty phase. his strategy was to portray hilton as so mentally damaged to be incapable of responsibility for his actions. freedman began with a pet scan expert who testified about traumatic brain injury he had suffered as a 10-year-old. he was taken to st. joseph s hospital in tampa and given 200 stitches. and this is an example of the murphy bed. and jurors that s not all the defense s expert continued. hilton was abused as a child and he he lashed out as a teenager. a defense neuropsychologist tested hilton who it it turns out is as bright as he thinks he is.
a defense neuropsychologist tested hilton who it it turns out is as bright as he thinks he is. on the wexler intelligence scale he scored an overall verbal iq of 120 which puts him in the upper 10% or so of the population. another psychiatrist diagnosed him with multiple diagnoses. we call it an unresolved edible complex. a child can grow up with this emptiness inside of them. to top it off, the defense continued, hilton was self-medicating with prescription drugs. ritalin and effexor will basically push you over the line. the defense then treated jurors to gary hilton, this is your life. a saga of abuse, neglect, and injury. it included an audiotape of hilton s late mother talking about how as a teenager hilton
seeing the jurors taking in the enormity. then you really see the impact of all of this coming through. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. robert freedman was the defense s lead attorney in the penalty phase. his strategy was to portray hilton as so mentally damaged to be incapable of responsibility for his actions. freedman began with a pet scan expert who testified about traumatic brain injury he had suffered as a 10-year-old. he was taken to st. joseph s hospital in tampa and given 200 stitches. and this is an example of the murphy bed. and jurors that s not all the defense s expert continued. hilton was abused as a child and he he lashed out as a teenager. a defense neuropsychologist tested hilton who it it turns
defense s lead attorney in the penalty phase. his strategy was to present hilton as so mentally damaged as to be incapable of responsibility for his actions. freidman began with a pet scan expert who testified about traumatic brain damage hilton had suffered as a 10-year-old when a murphy bed accidentally fell on him and nearly scalped him. he was taken to saint joseph hospital and given 200 stitches. this is an example of a murphy bed. and jurors, that s not all the defense s expert continued. hilton was abused as a child. and he lashed out as a teenager. a defense neuropsychologist tested hilton, it turns out, is as bright as he thinks he is. on the wexler intelligence scale he scored a verbal i.q. of 120, which puts him in the upper 10% or so of the population. another psychiatrist diagnosed him with skits owe affective and antisocial
defense s lead attorney in the penalty phase. his strategy was to present hilton as so mentally damaged as to be incapable of responsibilities for his actions. freedman began with a pet scan expert who testified about traumatic brain damage hilton had suffered as a 10-year-old when a murphy bed accidentally fell on him and nearly scalped him. he was taken to st. joseph s hospital in tampa and given 200 stitches. and this is an example of the murphy bed. and jurors that s not all the defense s expert continued. hilton was abused as a child and he lashed out as a teenager. a defense neuropsychologist tested hilton, who it turns out is as bright as he thinks he is. on the wechsler swell jens scale he soared an overall verbal iq of 120 which puts him in the upper 10% or so of the population. another psychiatrist diagnosed him with multiple diagnoses.