Sorry but I must insist. The state may well not have proved its case fully and beyond reasonable doubt quite yet. We are only halfway through the trial after all. AThere are defence witnesses to x-examine yet, maybe rebuttal witnesses plus the closing arguments
With respect to the original poster I snipped the original post as I am only posting re the first part of TD's post.....
I think the case for murder is established. It is quite clear OP voluntarily picked up the gun, fired multiple shots of deadly black talon bullets with it into an enclosed space, either intending to kill the occupant(s) of said enclosed space or knew that the shots were likely to kill them or was reckless as to whether they would be killed. OP has admitted all this in his testimony and/or cross examination.
OP has raised the defence of self defence.... or was it involuntary action?! If he has adduced sufficiency of evidence to make putative self defence reasonably plausible, then the PT must prove beyond all reasonable doubt that OP did not act in self defence.
OP has raised, as far as I can see it, 2 main lines for his self defence
1) that he has a paranoia regarding crimes against him and
2) that he genuinely thought he was up against an intruder and was in fear of his life
I think that his #1 line has been scuppered. He's produced no evidence of having reported to police any crimes against him and hasn't been able to substantiate any of the crimes he says he has been a victim of. Despite his paranoia, he didn't mend the broke window, didn't seem to know if his alarm system was working properly, went to sleep with the doors open. I will accept that his disability potentially leaves him feeling more vulnerable that able bodied, but if that is the case, why run further into the danger zone? What so called vulnerable person does that?... god there's more of these but it's late here lol.
Re #2, to rebut this, the PT need to adduce evidence that proves, beyond all reasonable doubt, that OP knew it
wasn't an intruder, which is why they are trying to prove he knew it was RS. Currently, I think the PT are winning on this one too, although we have yet to hear the defence case. Even if the DT magic up witnesses/experts who evidence that OP does scream like a woman, experts that challenge the ballistics and the police photographs etc. this isn't going to be enough in my view. There is too much reliance by OP that everyone is lying and conspiring against him and too many examples of him tripping up in cross examination. He's going to have to come up with something quite show stopping in my view to negate the PT's evidence thus far. Not saying he can't do it, just think it unlikely.
JMO of course.