Up on the median and runs over a tree. he looks out, noor. noor my baby is lying there. two vastly different accounts of what happened. who would the jury believe. the prosecution s first witness was charles cooper who worked at the welfare office and said he saw al-maleki rundown noor and amal and then run off. cooper was questioned by stephanie low, record s caisson tell. coal. can you tell us what you saw then? two females exited the building and then the screech of the tire and sounds of cracking and breaking and then the lady hits the ground. a bystander tearily recounted how she rushed to noor s aid after she was hit. i pushed the hair out of her face and i held her hand.
the defense then challenged the witnesses recollection on cross-examination. i asked you a question about the vehicle being angled or not angled. do you recall me asking about that? not directingly, no. their objective, to dispel any inference that al-maleki was lying in wait for his daughter and amal. i must have misspoke. one eyewitness the defense did not question, amal who survived the crash. the judge would not let her show her face as she testified through a translator that al-maleki did not lose control but steered his jeep right at his caught. did you see him turn the wheel toward noor? yes, yes. why did he do it? record played for the jury the entire two hour interrogation of al-maleki at the atlanta airport.
the defense then challenged the witnesses recollection on cross-examination. i asked you a question about the vehicle being angled or not angled. do you recall me asking about that? not directingly, no. their objective, to dispel any inference that al-maleki was lying in wait for his daughter and amal. i must have misspoke. one eyewitness the defense did not question, amal who survived the crash. the judge would not let her show her face as she testified through a translator that al-maleki did not lose control but steered his jeep right at his caught. did you see him turn the wheel toward noor? yes, yes. why did he do it? record played for the jury the entire two hour interrogation of al-maleki at the atlanta airport.
That they were going to come back manslaughter. i was that concerned. bill: on the fourth day of deliberations, the jury reached a verdict. we the jury duly he impanelled and sworn in the aboven titled action on our oath do find the defendant as to count one, first-degree murder a domestic violence offense as to victim noor falaeh al-maleki not guilty we the jury do find the defendant as to count one, second-degree murder guilty. in other words, the jury did not agree that this was a premeditated murder. it was not an honor killing. a defeat for the prosecution. for the injuries suffered by family friend amal, the jury found al-maleki guilty of aggravated assault. he was also found guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of a serious accident. record believed she had failed
Up on the median and runs over a tree. he looks out, noor. noor my baby is lying there. two vastly different accounts of what happened. who would the jury believe. the prosecution s first witness was charles cooper who worked at the welfare office and said he saw al-maleki rundown noor and amal and then run off. cooper was questioned by stephanie low, record s caisson tell. coal. can you tell us what you saw then? two females exited the building and then the screech of the tire and sounds of cracking and breaking and then the lady hits the ground. a bystander tearily recounted how she rushed to noor s aid after she was hit. i pushed the hair out of her face and i held her hand.