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Juror in father-daughter murder trial: 'No doubt in my mind' guilty verdict was 'right choice'
Martens and Molly Corbett claimed Jason Corbett was choking her on the night of Aug. 2, 2015, when Martens intervened and hit him with a baseball bat. Martens testified that Molly told him she also struck Jason with a paving stone that was on her nightstand, though Martens claims he didn't see it happen. They both said they were convinced Jason was trying to kill her and they were defending themselves and each other against him.
The medical examiners report said Jason Corbett was hit at least 10 times and the cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma.
To me, the choking did not occur, Figueroa said. Jury foreman Tom Aamland and another juror, Nancy Perez, agreed.
Once you hit a certain point and you do not stop, manslaughter or self-defense goes off the table, Figueroa said. Once that point was matched where you could have stopped then and there, once the person was no longer an aggressor, if that were the case, and you continue, its no longer self-defense.
Another major factor in their verdict decision, they said, was the gruesome crime scene photos. Perez said the first image of Jason Corbetts body she saw was so graphic that she vomited in the North Carolina courtroom.
The three jurors said they believe Molly Corbett and her father took some time after Jason died to conspire before they called 911, and they said the prosecutions argument that investigators said Martens and Molly Corbett didnt appear to have any injuries was telling. Figueroa said she even believes Molly Corbett struck her husband first with the paving stone while he was sleeping.
I think at some point Dad came to help out and cover it up, Figueroa said. There was blood on the pillow and on the comforter. That may have been the first blow, and then it progressed from that point where he got out of bed and she might have struck him more than one time in bed.
Well that is a relief, glad that they are including the Jurors thinking and comments in the production.