tino geddes said that kris had asked him to make up an alibi. and the detective said kris tried to cover up the crime during his interrogation. when the case was finally turned over to the defense, hendon s judgment would again come into question. eric said to me that if he didn t call any witnesses he would have two shots at the jury in closing argument. i said to him, but you re not going to do that. i ve got all these witnesses. you re not going to do that. he didn t answer me. eric hendon s defense case for kris would consist of only nine words. eric stood up and said, your honor, the defense rests. eric didn t call a single witness. nothing. i thought kris was going to rip
alibis, i had located people and gotten sworn statements that put him squarely in broward county, some 25 miles away during the time these murders occur. but as the trial approached, kris got word that one of his alibis, tino geddes, was about to change his story. everything he said when the murders took place, it was all a lie according to tino. geddes was now going to testify for the prosecution and no one, including kris, was prepared for the accusations geddes was about to make. score, thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom. well, i just have a few other questions. chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, what else can you do for me? i ll just take a water.
prosecution says to say about anything, and probably about their grandmother. in tino geddes misfortune, the prosecution sensed an opportunity and flew to jamaica to help their new witness. they went to testify on his behalf and got him off with i think just a fine instead of doing jail time. and i thought well, okay, they re doing their job. until i found out that they, and tino, went to a strip club. a lot of people would say, well, what they do on their own time is their own business. but they re there on my dime as a taxpayer. testifying on behalf of this man and they go to a strip club with him? yeah, i would say that they got a little too close. kris s trial began on october
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for a mistrial. with the new trial, hendon would know the prosecution s arguments ahead of time. without a new trial, the judge replacing mousey could face deciding a death sentence without hearing all the evidence. i wanted a new trial, the advice was, not to ask for a mistrial. he said they would just go on with the trial because he felt they made headway and they had a good jury. why would they do this? probably the main motivation was he was on a set fee. and you re going to have to start over and that cuts into your fee. hendon claimed he had worked hard on behalf of his client, the jury would go on to hear six days of testimony, all directed against kris. neville butler testified about the graphic details of the murders he said he had watched kris commit. tino geddes said that kris had asked him to make up an alibi. and the detective said kris