Why does the Defence say that MMC and TM are innocent?
1. Because JC placed them in a life or death situation
2. JC had been drinking all day. He is a huge man.
3. It is clear from the 911 tape JC was choking MMC and he was threatening to kill her.
4. JC said, ‘I am going to kill her.’ That is a life or death situation.”
5. TM had the right to defend MMC as she was allegedly being choked by JC.
6. Holton described JC as being 6-foot tall and weighing 262 pounds.
7. Holton said “They didn’t ask for that situation. They didn’t create the situation. He did it.”
8. TM and MMC had minor amounts of alcohol prior to the JC’s death.
9. Authorities didn’t test MC and TM for alcohol because deputies “clearly” didn’t think it was a factor.
10. They did test JC who had alcohol and a drug, Trazadone, in his system.
Look at the interaction between the two online. It interacts in violence. It’s a bad combination.”
11. Holton said JC had an alcohol level of .02, which was measured seven hours after his death.
12. The Defence will have an expert who will testify on the true level at the time of Corbett’s death.
Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said he couldn’t comment on any possible alcohol involvement because that aspect is of the “evidentiary nature.”
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