David L. Copley Jr., 47, testified Wednesday he and 52-year-old James Higgason III beat three people to death Jan. 8, 1998, in Hammond to rob them of drugs and money.
The defense said the evidence would show David L. Copley Jr. and someone else killed three people in 1998, but it would not be clear that that someone was the
"Don t let the defense twist you into thinking the victim in this case is Courtney Moss," a deputy prosecutor said. "Courtney Moss had a gun the whole time."
Attorneys for James H. Higgason III, 52, asked the judge to review co-defendant David Copley s medical, psychiatric and jail records to determine his ability to recall events from 1998.