Aug. 11 -5:27 p.m. (Here’s the latest information we have received from the courtroom)
The judge told the jury they should plan on packing a bag.
All signs indicate the defense will wrap up their side of the case on Monday.
It’s not clear if both sides will give their closing arguments Monday or if it will happen on Tuesday morning.
Before all that happened, AJ’s sister Kayra Armstrong sister testified.
She says she set the alarm the night her parents were murdered.
Kayra said AJ was “urgent, frantic, excited” after he woke her up and rushed her down the stairs.
She then remembers standing at the end of the driveway with AJ until officers put them into separate patrol cars.
Kayra recalls being “hysterical” in the patrol car until her grandmother Kay came to her side.
Prosecutors didn’t ask her much of anything during her cross.
Court ending the day with her testimony.
A look ahead to next week
On Monday morning the defense’s forensic psychiatrist will go back on the stand.
We expect to finish talking about the medical records of AJ’s brother, Josh.
We’re ending the second week of Antonio Armstrong Jr.’s third capital murder trial.
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Updated: August 11, 2023 at 7:08 PM