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That she had any knowledge or part in the crime. in closing, the prosecution played the videotaped statements huden later made to island county detectives down at the punta gorda police station. i m a son of a [ expletive ], but i am no killer. i m a son of a [ expletive ]. that would be the only time this jury heard the sound of jim huden s voice during this trial. please give your attention to the opening statement of mr. montoya. attorney matt montoya began his defense of jim huden with a quote from the musical man of la mancha. ladies and gentlemen, facts are the enemy of truth. you heard right. he told the jury in a first-degree murder case that facts are the enemy of truth. perhaps it s fitting that montoya who had just recently appeared in a production of man of la mancha who famously imagined wind mills to be giants. his defense of jim huden would also require a fair amount of imagination. ....
Not telling you that his side is wrong or that my side is right. i want you to address the facts critically because the facts will show you more than one outcome. among those, that russell douglas had shot himself. did anyone request that you test or preserve his hands for possible gunshot residue? no. we do preserve things for trace evidence and that s why the sheet was used inside of the body bag. so no one tested his hands for gunshot residue? not to my knowledge. a gotcha, perhaps. but no gun was found in the car and the fatal bullet had been traced to a gun known to have belonged to jim huden. was mr. douglas body still in the vehicle at that time? it was. next, montoya suggested, russel douglas was killed ....
that would be the only time this jury heard the sound of jim huden s voice during this trial. please give your attention to the opening statement. attorney matt montoya began his defense of jim huden with a quote from the musical man of la mancha. ladies and gentlemen, facts are the enemy of truth. you heard right. he told the jury in a first-degree murder case that facts are the enemy of truth. perhaps it s fitting that montoya who had just recently appeared in a production of man of la mancha who famously imagined wind mills to be giants. his defense of jim huden would also require a fair amount of imagination. not telling you that his side is wrong or that my is are side is right. ....
I want you to address the facts critically because the facts will show you more than one outcome. other than what he suggested, was that russel douglas had shot himself. did anyone request that you test or preserve his hands for possible gunshot residue? no. we do preserve things for trace evidence and that s why the sheet was used inside of the body bag. so no one tested his hands for gunshot residue? not to my knowledge. a gotcha, perhaps. but no gun was found in the car and the fatal bullet had been traced to a gun known to have belonged to jim huden. was mr. douglas body still in the vehicle at that time? it was. next, montoya suggested, russel douglas was killed somewhere else perhaps by someone other than jim huden and then placed in the car at the ....
Or my side is right. i want you to address the facts critically. because the facts will show you more than one outcome. josh mankiewicz: among the possible conclusions that montoya suggested might be drawn from the known facts in the case was that russel douglas had shot himself. matt montoya: did anyone request that you test or preserve his hands for possible gunshot residue? no. we do preserve things for trace evidence, but that s why the sheet was used inside of the body bag. ok, so no one tested his hands for gunshot residue. forensic analyst: not to my knowledge. [music playing] josh mankiewicz: a gotcha perhaps, but no gun was found in the car, and the fatal bullet had been traced to a gun known to have belonged to jim huden. ok, was mr. douglas body still in the vehicle at that time? forensic analyst: it was. josh mankiewicz: next, montoya suggested, russel douglas was killed somewhere else, perhaps by someone other ....