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enforcement? yes, if it wouldn t been for law enforcement, i wouldn t be here today. so basically, the defense handed the prosecution a suicide note, essentially. that s what they re talking about, regarding that note. has baez created a situation where either his client takes the stand or he has no case for final argument, dan? yeah, the issue julie is thatst he s got to put her on the stand because they ve laid out this defense and it s an affirmative defense of accidental drowning. and so the jury has to hear that from the judge. there s a thing called a jury charge, the jury instructions, so at the end of the case before the jury deliberates, the judge has to be able to charge that they can consider accident as an alternative to murder. and intentional an intengal killing of this child. and if there s no evidence of that presented during the case, then the judge doesn t even have to charge the jury, that they can consider an accident as a defense.