GUILTY GA - Diane McIver, 63, fatally shot, Atlanta, 25 Sept 2016

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Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
23m23 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - LIVE: Defense attorney Don Samuel now giving closing argument. He will split his time with defense attorney Bruce Harvey. https://lawandcrime.com/

Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
23m23 minutes ago
Don Samuel reminds us we've been here since March 5th #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
22m22 minutes ago
The decision you will be making today is one of the more important decisions you will ever make in your life #TexMcIver


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
20m20 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer Don Samuel greets the jury, also thanks them for the time as did the State. He tells them the decision they will make in this case will be one of the most important of their lives. @wsbradio


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
19m19 minutes ago
"I'm going to go through with you what the doubts are in this case" Don Samuel #TexMcIver Says he's listing 16 doubts "You just need one"


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
17m17 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer tells jurors, "You need proof beyond a reasonable doubt....I'm going to talk to you about the doubts in this case." He says there are 16, but they don't need all 16: "You only need one" @wsbradio



Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
16m16 minutes ago
#TexMcIver Samuel: "Planned, intentional and calculated" 2nd option: Did he decide at 10 p.m. on a Sunday night to kill the woman he loved? "It's got to be one of these 2, according to the state's theory"


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
14m14 minutes ago
Samuel: Tex and Diane were "like teenagers in love." #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
13m13 minutes ago
"They were in love. You can poo-poo that, you can say it's ridiculous ... how can you ignore the fact that they were clearly in love?" Their witnesses, every one of them testified (they were in love)." Samuel #TexMcIver
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
11m11 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: No one saw them arguing! No one heard her say, "I'm going to foreclose if you don't pay me my money!" How can you ignore that? No hostiity. But prosecution wants you to ignore all that. That's number one. @wsbradio


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
11m11 minutes ago
Samuel: "Nothing to show he was distracted, distraught" at dinner #texmciver "This is not the behavior of someone getting ready to commit murder. If you're going to murder somebody, why do you shoot her in front of her best friend. Why would u do that?"


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
10m10 minutes ago
Samuel: "It makes no sense." Why would #TexMcIver kill his wife with her best friend eight inches away. "There's no logic," he tells jurors.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
10m10 minutes ago
Samuel: "Try to sell that in Hollywood and they'd say that's a ridiculous plot. You're on the farm, you're on the ranch ... but he waits until he's in the car with her best friend" #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
9m9 minutes ago
Samuel: "Why not do it out on I-20 in Rockdale County? Walton County? There's no hospitals out there" #texmciver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
8m8 minutes ago
Samuel: Why not shoot her in Putnam county or Conyers? Why do it in Atlanta? #TexMcIver.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
7m7 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: Dani Jo is not going to be his alibi. Prosecution calls this a planned, calculated murder. Why did he wait until her best friend was inches away? ...until he was in the middle of Fulton County in a car? Do it in Putnam County! @wsbradio

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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
5m5 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer on the sleep experts: They're both good...but Dr. Rye did the study on McIver. @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
3m3 minutes ago
Samuel questions the conclusions of state sleep expert, Dr. Mark Pressman. "He concludes he couldn't have fallen asleep," despite testimony from several people that he did. #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
3m3 minutes ago
Samuel going after state expert: "If Dani Jo said he'd fallen asleep, she's wrong. 3 people in the car said he was asleep" #texmciver


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
56s57 seconds ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: Hair standing up on the back of your neck is just an expression. Dr. Pressman relied on logic, not data, to say McIver couldn't have been asleep. Three people said he'd fallen back asleep in the car. @wsbradio
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Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
36s37 seconds ago
Samuel "Is he so devious, is he so clever, is he going to keep the gun sideways so people won't think this is intentional?" #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
28m28 minutes ago
Samuel ridicults theory on the Publix bag "He was going to try and hide the gunshot residue" #texmciver "What sense does it make to say he didn't want any gunshot residue because what? He told everybody I shot the gun"


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
27m27 minutes ago
Samuel: "Why would you shoot through a car seat and not know if you are going to succeed in your mission?" #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
26m26 minutes ago
Samuel: "Why would you shoot through a car seat" w/ all that metal #texmciver. What happens if bullet strikes her and incapacitates her for life? It makes no sense.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
25m25 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: The gun is sideways. It's on his lap. Is he so devious & clever--"I'm going to tilt the gun sideways so it looks like an accident?" Talks about bullet trajectory. Why would you shoot someone through the back of a seat like that? "Is that calculated?" @wsbradio


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
25m25 minutes ago
Samuel: "Who would ever plan to commit a murder and ask the victim to please hand me the gun?" #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
23m23 minutes ago
If it's a planned, calculated murder, why not do what everyone expects you to do. "Cry, lie on the ground, you'd have a consistent story, it was all planned out ahead of time" #texmciver Samuel: The absence of a lack of proper grieving is evidence this was an accident


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
23m23 minutes ago
Samuel tells jurors #TexMcIver lack of emotion after shooting is evidence that he couldn't have planned and calculated the murder. Why not "cry...pound on the walls?" if you want people to believe it wasn't planned.
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Latonia P Hines@LatoniaPHines
23m23 minutes ago
Samuels is trying to systematically tear down State's case. He's giving the jurors points in State's case that he states do not make any common sense. Jurors are taking lots of notes. #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
22m22 minutes ago
Samuel: If a planned, deliberate murder why would you call a lawyer? "All these things that look suspicious was proof that it wasn't a planned murder" #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
21m21 minutes ago
Samuel: "Dani Jo said it was an accident. Right there is a reasonable doubt" #texmciver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
21m21 minutes ago
Samuel says if it were planned murder, why tell Dani Jo to lie to police? "She says it was an accident, a terrible accident." Rent a blimp, take out a billboard, he says, if you are trying to cover up murder. #TexMcIver.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
20m20 minutes ago
Samuel: "We're not talking about reasonable doubts. We're talking about astonishing improbabilities." #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
20m20 minutes ago
#texmciver Don Samuel: "We're not talking reasonable doubt we're talking astonishing improbabilities" "I'm going to convince my wife to tell doctor it was an accident"


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
20m20 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: If it's a calculated murder, do something to make it look more like you're grieving! Cry, writhe, pound the walls, have a consistent story! "All this evidence about the absence of proper grieving is actually evidence that it's not a planned murder" @wsbradio

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Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
19m19 minutes ago
Samuel: "Why didn't the state have some explanation of this plan that was deliberate and well-planned out" #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
18m18 minutes ago
Samuel: "There's so many hurdles the prosecution has to overcome in this case." #texmciver


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
17m17 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: If it's a planned murder, why call a lawyer? Because it DOES look weird. None of the facts support the State's case that this was well-planned out, intentional. Their money about arguments are not accurate; arguments about being picked on are trivial @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
14m14 minutes ago
Samuel: #TexMcIver fell asleep with a gun in his lap. There's no intent. "It's just not a crime."


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
13m13 minutes ago
Samuel: "There's no crime in having a loaded gun in your lap" #texmciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
9m9 minutes ago
"It is not a crime to tell someone to lie" Don Samuel #TexMcIver
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
9m9 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: "There's no crime with having a loaded gun in your lap...and if something terrible happens and the gun goes off b/c your finger's on the trigger, it's an accident." @wsbradio

Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
7m7 minutes ago
Samuel: "It's not a crime to tell someone to lie." The statute says you have to trick someone into lying to be found guilty. #TexMcIver.


Latonia P Hines@LatoniaPHines
7m7 minutes ago
As to Count 5 Influencing a Witness, Def says "It's not a crime to tell someone to lie." Says State hasn't proved Dani Jo was misled. #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
6m6 minutes ago
Samuel on influencing witness count: "Criminal, stupid, idiotic, whatever ... but he did not mislead Dani Jo Carter. She knew she was the driver" #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
6m6 minutes ago
Samuel: This case is "based on speculation and red herrings." #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
6m6 minutes ago
Samuel: "If Mr. Rucker can get you to speculate 20 or 30 things, then we lose" #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
4m4 minutes ago
Samuel says case is filed with "flat out lies" and "distractions." Those are probably true, but completely "irrelevant." #TexMcIver.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
3m3 minutes ago
#TexMcIver atty says State's case is "speculation & red herrings. Speculation there must've been a 2nd will; she must'be been about to foreclose; arguing in private. That's going to convince you beyond a resaonable doubt? The things we don't know about support guilt?" @wsbradio
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Samuel throwing shade at Rucker. "He's going to prance around here like a peacock." #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
2m2 minutes ago
Samuel recalls witness Gail Meadows, a receptionist who testified #TexMcIver was "mad" about something. Diane was looking into space and "distraught" Samuel, mocking "Storm clouds are brewing"


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
17m17 minutes ago
Samuel: The billboards for #Grady don't say "whatever you do, don't come here with a gunshot." #TexMcIver.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
14m14 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: Emory's one of the top hospitals. The billboards don't say, Whatever you do, don't come here with a gunshot" @wsbradio


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
14m14 minutes ago
"How do we know you murdered your wife? Because you waited four weeks to pick up her cremains." Samuel #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
11m11 minutes ago
Samuel listing all the "red herrings" in case "just another distraction" #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
10m10 minutes ago
Samuel: "Shame on you. Shame on the prosecution," talking about insinuation of sex between #TexMcIver and the massage therapist.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
9m9 minutes ago
Samuel: "That wasn't right what they did to the defense...sure as heck wasn't right what they did to Annie Anderson. They humiliated her." #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
8m8 minutes ago
Samuel Re: Annie Anderson. "Shame on them. They knew because they already interviewed her. That's how weak their case is when they do stuff like that." #TexMcIver


Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
6m6 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Defense attorney Samuel tells the jury the state's case is so weak they had to plant the seed that McIver and Annie Anderson were having sex even when they knew they weren't.
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Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
6m6 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Defense attorney Samuel tells the jury the state's case is so weak they had to plant the seed that McIver and Annie Anderson were having sex even when they knew they weren't.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
7m7 minutes ago
Samuel mocks Rucker again. "Not one fur for sentimental value," he yells in the courtroom, talking about #TexMcIver selling off Diane's items in estate sale.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
6m6 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer insists that the State introduced all the Annie Anderson testimony of her massaging him after Diane's death, sleeping over, driving him around, was meant to insinuate an affair. "They humiliated her." Says that's a sign of a weak case @wsbradio


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
5m5 minutes ago
Samuel "If Mr. McIver had kept some of those furs, they'd say he was a thief" "No sentimental value, you're a murderer" #TexMcIver


Latonia P Hines@LatoniaPHines
5m5 minutes ago
Samuels is getting fired up. No pics of boots, but putting emphasis on the selling of Diane's furs which he says Tex was directed to do by his attorneys not because he was being callous. #texmciver


Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
4m4 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Judge tells Samuel he's gone into Harvey's time. Samuel: "He'll live."
Not a great joke at a murder trial.
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
3m3 minutes ago
Samuel: "Of course they're getting paid. Lawyers love to get paid," speaking of estate money spent on attorneys fees. #TexMcIver.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
1m1 minute ago
Don Samuel on Bill Crane: "He's trying to explain to a PR guy who should never be a PR guy again after this happened," speaking of the #BLM debacle. #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
9m9 minutes ago
Samuel: "This whole Black Lives Matter thing -- he's trying to explain to the PR guy why he was scared. Stupid reason, racially insensitive ... call him any name you want. He told police he was scared." ... "It's got nothing to do with the facts of this case" #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
9m9 minutes ago
Samuel: "Lord knows (#TexMcIver) lacks social skills."


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
8m8 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Samuel says the prosecution wanted the jury to not like his client, 'muddy him up'.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
7m7 minutes ago
Samuel: #TexMcIver was a "flawed person." Prosecutors have proven that. They've "vilified him."


Latonia P HinesLatoniaPHines
7m7 minutes ago
Def pointing out and agreeing with State's point that Tex lacks social skills got laughs in courtroom. #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
6m6 minutes ago
Samuel:, mimicking the state "By golly you should feel comfortable finding him guilty" #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
20m20 minutes ago
Samuel also told jurors to write their feelings about #TexMcIver #BLM statement on the back of the jury verdict form, but not to hold it against him criminally.


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
9m9 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: State wanted to "muddy up" McIver. His "irrational acts after Diane died; he was greedy; Lord knows he lacks social skills (courtrm laughs); he looks at other women; he gets massage; he's not sentimental." Vilify him so you'd be comfortable convicting @wsbradio


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
4m4 minutes ago
#TexMcIver atty tells jurors to imagine telling grandkids about case--that it was boring & a pain sometimes; scary & inspiring too. Imagine saying, "We deliberated w/dignity, grace, & compassion, & when we walked out of that room, it was the proudest moment of my life." @wsbradio
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
8m8 minutes ago
ICYMI: Closing arguments are underway in the #TexMcIver trial.

(video clip https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/986275937225502720...)
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Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
23m23 minutes ago
Bruce Harvey says jurors asked 284 questions in the #TexMcIver trial. "That's remarkable."


Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
21m21 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Now Bruce Harvey gives the 2nd half of the defense closing. He tells the jury the only reason they are there is because his client says he's not guilty.

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
46s47 seconds ago
After #TexMcIver lawyer Don Samuel tackled the emotion, Bruce Harvey tackles the science of the case in his closing argument. @wsbradio

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
22m22 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer: Tex's sales of all Diane's things was to pay people--us, Stan Smith, Mary Oliver. That's not theft. On PR statement about #BLM: "It's disgusting, racist, but nothing to do with facts of this case." @wsbradio


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
21m21 minutes ago
Harvey: "This is a trial where we have an accident in search of a motive." #TexMcIver.


Latonia P Hines@LatoniaPHines
20m20 minutes ago
Bruce Harvey has 45minutes to wrap up the defense's case. Harvey is known for his theatrical presence in court. #TexMciver


Latonia P Hines@LatoniaPHines
8m8 minutes ago
Harvey going over the physical evidence of the gun. Making emphasis that no expert can could testify as to whether the gun was definitely in double action v. single action mode. #TexMciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
8m8 minutes ago
Harvey: All the experts agree that "nobody can tell" whether the gun is in single action or double action, can't tell if intentional or unintentional #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
6m6 minutes ago
Accidental discharges "happen all the time," Harvey, quoting APD Det. Darrin Smith #TexMcIver


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
5m5 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Harvey: "We're not talking about non-human discharge. It was an accident because it was unintentional."


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
2m2 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Bruce Harvey plays Law&Crime's footage of the state's gun expert accidentally discharging the gun on the stand.

(video clip https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/986272500781727744...)
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Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
46s47 seconds ago
After #TexMcIver lawyer Don Samuel tackled the emotion, Bruce Harvey tackles the science of the case in his closing argument. @wsbradio


Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
1m1 minute ago
#TexMcIver - Bruce Harvey tells jurors there's no doubt that Tex depended on his wife's money.

Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
1m1 minute ago
Harvey: "This devious plan was concocted while #TexMcIver was asleep"


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
2m2 minutes ago
Harvey: Dani Jo Carter said, "there were a lot of people standing at the intersections. I'm sure he went to sleep with the gun on his lap. There was no hesitation in that. No waffling whatsoever.' #TexMcIver
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Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
1m1 minute ago
Harvey on hospital decision: "YOu go where you know. There was no other suggestion." #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
41s41 seconds ago
Harvey: There's no more definitive answer than what Dani Jo Carter told detectives that night "It was a horrible accident. ... "We were jealous of their relationship. There was never any animosity between them" #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
2m2 minutes ago
Harvey: "We do not convict people on the cloud of fog and speculation, but on the bedrock of fact." #TexMcIver.


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
2m2 minutes ago
Harvey: Here's what they're saying to you. 'Pay no attention to reasonable doubts. Rely on speculation. ' I'm going to tell you speculation is different that circumstantial evidence. #TexMcIver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
3m3 minutes ago
Harvey: Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Pay no attention to the proof of accident rely on our red herrings to arrive at your decision. ... This trial is an accident in search of a motive." #TexMcIver


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
3m3 minutes ago
Harvey: The state's case is a "case of maybes." "Tales of innuendo and unfulfilled promises." #TexMcIver.


Mike Petchenik@MPetchenikWSB
56s57 seconds ago
District Attorney Paul Howard among those in the gallery for #TexMcIver closings.

Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
#TexMcIver lawyer Bruce Harvey says the State's case is a "tale of innuendos," "an accident in search of a motive." ...''After you cut away the maybes, the undelivered promises, your verdict should be not guilty as to all counts in this indictment" @wsbradio

Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
59s59 seconds ago
#TexMcIver - Bruce Harvey finishes his closing argument. There is now a short break before prosecutor Rucker delivers the state's rebuttal.
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Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
7m7 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Fulton Co. D.A. Paul Howard talks to defense attorney Don Samuel during the break.

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[KayBe]

I love Rucker!!!

 

[Niner]

Wondering if arta is any of the pictures of the gallery!!?? Maybe she'll let us know when she gets back!

 

[YESorNO]

I love Rucker!!!

Me too- he's so real, IMO.

 

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Law & Crime Network@LawCrimeNetwork
2m2 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Court is back in session. Prosecutor Clint Rucker now giving the final closing argument

Latonia P Hines@LatoniaPHines
8m8 minutes ago
Rucker has an hour and twenty nine minutes to convince jury they should find McIver guilty. #TexMciver


Christian Boone@ReporterJCB
7m7 minutes ago
Lead prosecutor, standing in front of large photo of Diane McIver "WHo will stand for the little girl who came from humble means. Who will stand for the little girl who fulfilled all her dreams?" #TexMcIver


Cathy Russon@cathyrusson
4m4 minutes ago
#TexMcIver - Prosecutor Rucker very theatrical with a poem, "Who will stand for the little girl...."

(video clip https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/986282405727105027...)


Veronica Waters@MissVWaters
2m2 minutes ago
Fulton Co. Sr. ADA Clint Rucker has ~90 mins. to close for the State at the #TexMcIver trial. "Who will stand for the little girl who was murdered and all alone?...Who will stand for Diane McIver? A great woman she tried to be....she cries out, 'Who will stand for me?'" @wsbradio

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