GUILTY AR - Beverly Carter, 49, Little Rock, 25 Sep 2014 - #12

[LibraStarr]

Brandon Riddle ‏@BrandonCRiddle 1m1 minute ago
Closing arguments have begun. Prosecution, showing green duct tape to jury: "This is is the murder weapon." #ArkDG

 

[ConnectZDots]

Powerful choice. To use the sound. Excellent


Marielle Mohs
@ElleMohs

Prosecutor shows jury ring of duct tape - "this is the weapon." Pulls some tape away from the ring - "this is the last sound Beverly heard"
11:30 AM - 15 Jan 2016

 

[LibraStarr]

KATV's Elicia Dover ‏@KATVElicia 3m3 minutes ago
Prosecutor holds up green duct tape "This is murder." Pulls the tape hard. "This is the last thing #BeverlyCarter heard."

 

[KayKay.85]

State begins closing by holding up green duct tape saying this is the murder weapon #ArronLewis #ARnews

Prosecution: Pulls out green duct tape. "This is the last thing Beverly saw." #ArronLewisTrial

Prosecutor holds up green duct tape "This is murder." Pulls the tape hard. "This is the last thing #BeverlyCarter heard." #CarterCase

Prosecution begins closing peeling off strip of green duct tape: "This was the murder weapon... This was the last thing #BeverlyCarter saw."

 

[jstkiddn]

Prosecution is starting by showing the jury EXACTLY how to fill our forms for a guilty verdict. They are paying VERY close attention!

 

[jstkiddn]

Powerful choice. To use the sound. Excellent


Marielle Mohs
@ElleMohs

Prosecutor shows jury ring of duct tape - "this is the weapon." Pulls some tape away from the ring - "this is the last sound Beverly heard"
11:30 AM - 15 Jan 2016

This was quite powerful! She pulled it away from the roll forcefully and it was LOUD! Said this is the last sound Beverly Carter ever heard.

 

[KayKay.85]

Prosecutor Mariani laying out the elements that the jury must decide to find #ArronLewis guilty.

State is laying out each element of what they had to prove so the jury understands how the evidence must be weighed #ArronLewis #ARnews
Chanley Painter

Prosecution now explaining to jurors how to fill out the verdict forms. #ArronLewis

Jury has been read their instructions. Prosecution starting closing statement now. #CarterCase

#ArronLewis pled an affirmative defense so he had to prove 1)he's not only 1 involved 2)didn't commit the homicidal act (look next tweet)
Chanley Painter

 

[KayKay.85]

#ArronLewis pled an affirmative defense so he had to prove 1)he's not only 1 involved 2)didn't commit the homicidal act (look next tweet)
Chanley Painter

3)he didn't plan, further the homicidal act. & must meet this defense by preponderance of evidence #ArronLewis
Chanley
If jury has a reas doubt on the capital murder charge THEN this jury can consider murder in the 1st degree #ArronLewis #ARnews
Chanley

Prosecutor says #ArronLewis did not meet burden of affirmative defense.
Drew P

 

[KayKay.85]

The affirmative defense #ArronLewis must prove for 1st degree Murder is tougher to meet than the one under capital murder #ARnews
Chanley

Mariani explaining difference between capital murder charge and lesser charge of first-degree murder to jury.
#ArkDG
Brandon Riddle

 

[Mindmatters]

For those who have followed Beverly's case very closely, and given what happened in court do y'all have a prediction on how long you think the jury will deliberate? TIA

 

[LibraStarr]

Brandon Riddle ‏@BrandonCRiddle 1m1 minute ago
Mariani explaining difference between capital murder charge and lesser charge of first-degree murder to jury.

Janelle Lilley ‏@JanelleLilley 2m
Prosecutor Mariani is basically teaching a #lawschool lesson in court on how to fill out jury forms. She doesn't want any confusion.

 

[SouthernSummer]

For those who have followed Beverly's case very closely, and given what happened in court do y'all have a prediction on how long you think the jury will deliberate? TIA

Less than an hour hopefully


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[KayKay.85]

The affirmative defense #ArronLewis must prove for 1st degree Murder is tougher to meet than the one under capital murder #ARnews

As prosecutor explains these technicalities the jury nods as understanding #ArronLewis #ARnews

Prosecutor is teaching this jury what reasonable doubt is not: mere possibility is not reasonable doubt. #ArronLewis #ARnews

 

[KayKay.85]

3)he didn't plan, further the homicidal act. & must meet this defense by preponderance of evidence #ArronLewis

If jury has a reas doubt on the capital murder charge THEN this jury can consider murder in the 1st degree #ArronLewis #ARnews

The affirmative defense #ArronLewis must prove for 1st degree Murder is tougher to meet than the one under capital murder #ARnews

As prosecutor explains these technicalities the jury nods as understanding #ArronLewis #ARnews

Prosecutor is teaching this jury what reasonable doubt is not: mere possibility is not reasonable doubt. #ArronLewis #ARnews

Just bc it's possible does not mean it reasonable- that's not a reasonable doubt #ArronLewis #ARnews

 

[ConnectZDots]

THV11
@THV11

Prosecution: "This is Beverly Carter." Shows a picture of a living Beverly Carter. #ArronLewisTrial
11:46 AM - 15 Jan 2016


@THV11

Prosecution to jury: "Only you have the power to stop this victimization." #ArronLewisTrial
11:47 AM - 15 Jan 2016

THV11
@THV11

Defense now making closing statements. #ArronLewisTrial
11:48 AM - 15 Jan 2016

 

[SurfieTX]

An hour, tops, IMHO. I think the prosecution knows this too. They are ending on a Friday on the heels of a 3-day weekend (MLK day on Monday). I think if they thought it would last longer than a few hours or a day, they would not have rested on a Friday before lunch.

 

[LibraStarr]

Drew Petrimoulx ‏@DrewPetrimoulx 1m1 minute ago
Defense now up. Referring back to investigator statement that everyone has a secret life. #ArronLewis

Janelle Lilley ‏@JanelleLilley 2m
Defense Attorney Bill James asks jury "is this a search for the truth or a search for conviction. Has the prosecution been honest with you?"

 

[KayKay.85]

Defense now presenting closing argument. Bill James: Want you to think -- Is it search for the truth or a search for conviction? #ArkDG

Prosecutor not mincing words saying the victim "being smothered by Crystal lowery's vagina is not a reasonable doubt" #ArronLewis

 

[ConnectZDots]

Not gonna work.
Weak weak argument. All theyve got.

Chanley Shá Painter
@chanleysha

Defense emphasizing negatives of #beverlycarter marriage, etc and also negatives of Crystal lowery & #ArronLewis lifestyle
11:52 AM - 15 Jan 2016

 

[Koshka]

Drew Petrimoulx ‏@DrewPetrimoulx 1m1 minute ago
Defense now up. Referring back to investigator statement that everyone has a secret life. #ArronLewis

Janelle Lilley ‏@JanelleLilley 2m
Defense Attorney Bill James asks jury "is this a search for the truth or a search for conviction. Has the prosecution been honest with you?"

bbm. I'm surprised he said that - it's clearly his client who hasn't been honest, and you'd think he'd want to avoid discussions of honesty/dishonesty at all cost.