No matter what the defense does or who they put on, it won't erase the witnesses who testified that:
- ZA was witnessed shooting HB.
-Only according to JA, and I don't believe JA's version of events for a second.
- ZA was witnessed driving a truck with a body in back, wrapped in a multicolor blanket.
- Again, I don't believe JA's version of events.
- ZA made numerous statements to several people that spoke of his involvement in the crime.
- He may have made some of those statements, but that doesn't mean he was involved in the crime. He could have been lying to try and increase his street-cred, or impress his buddies, or try to intimidate people. "I'll kill you like I did HB!"
- ZA asked a cellmate in jail if God would forgive him for the things he did to HB
- Did he suddenly have an attack of conscience and start worrying about what god would think of his crimes? I doubt it.
- ZA was with his merry band of methheads and cell phone pings confirm that ZA, JA were in the immediate vicinity of HB.
- Even if they were in the same general area as HB, that doesn't mean they even saw her that day.
- ZA & SA were fighting and a gun was bartered for morphine pills after HB's murder.
- How do we know that Dinsmore really got the gun from SA? He could be lying about that for his own reasons.
- The gun bartered was identified as the same gun that was used as HB was shot.
- How do we know it was the same gun?
- The gun was purposely discarded and information provided by a witness allowed law enforcement to dig it up and find it.
- HB's personal possessions were found in the vicinity of SA's trailer.
- That doesn't prove anything... It could just be coincidence.
- ZA made specific threats to people after the murder, including his brother, a couple bartenders, and his threats had to do with HB's murder.
- Again, some of those witnesses could have been lying. If they are telling the truth, it might just mean that ZA was bragging about a crime he wasn't involved in to gain notoriety.
People can hand wave all they want, but nothing changes the testimony of multiple witnesses.