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Prosecutors Call Their Own Sleep Expert to Rebut Defense
Fulton County prosecutors on Monday called their own sleep expert to counter testimony by an neurologist called by the defense who said that Tex McIver could have experienced a "confusional arousal" that startled him awake and caused him to shoot his wife.
"....On Monday, prosecutors called Dr. Mark Pressman, a psychologist and forensic sleep specialist who is also an adjunct law professor at Villanova Universitys Charles Widger School of Law. Pressman is also a clinical professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Pressman was called to offer his opinion as to whether McIvers diagnosed sleep disorder could have led to the fatal shooting of his wife, Diane, as the couple was traveling at night in their SUV through the streets of downtown Atlanta. McIver was sitting in the rear passenger seat and a family friend was driving when he shot his wife who was sitting in front.
Pressmans testimony concluded the states rebuttal case. Jurors were then allowed to view and, if desired, sit inside the McIvers SUV where Diane McIver was fatally shot. The SUV has been in the prosecutors custody since October 2016. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday morning....
Pressman said that McIvers story that he had been alarmed enough about pedestrians on the downtown street they were traveling on to get his gun and his later story to police that he was nervous enough that the hair was standing up on the back of his neck were absolutely incompatible with sleep.
People who are very fearful will have a very hard time falling asleep, he said. I would say that it is not possible that he fell back asleep...."
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonli...call-their-own-sleep-expert-to-rebut-defense/
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Fulton County prosecutors on Monday called their own sleep expert to counter testimony by an neurologist called by the defense who said that Tex McIver could have experienced a "confusional arousal" that startled him awake and caused him to shoot his wife.
"....On Monday, prosecutors called Dr. Mark Pressman, a psychologist and forensic sleep specialist who is also an adjunct law professor at Villanova Universitys Charles Widger School of Law. Pressman is also a clinical professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Pressman was called to offer his opinion as to whether McIvers diagnosed sleep disorder could have led to the fatal shooting of his wife, Diane, as the couple was traveling at night in their SUV through the streets of downtown Atlanta. McIver was sitting in the rear passenger seat and a family friend was driving when he shot his wife who was sitting in front.
Pressmans testimony concluded the states rebuttal case. Jurors were then allowed to view and, if desired, sit inside the McIvers SUV where Diane McIver was fatally shot. The SUV has been in the prosecutors custody since October 2016. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Tuesday morning....
Pressman said that McIvers story that he had been alarmed enough about pedestrians on the downtown street they were traveling on to get his gun and his later story to police that he was nervous enough that the hair was standing up on the back of his neck were absolutely incompatible with sleep.
People who are very fearful will have a very hard time falling asleep, he said. I would say that it is not possible that he fell back asleep...."
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonli...call-their-own-sleep-expert-to-rebut-defense/
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