Cortney Bell defense attorney closing statement: 'She didn't cause that child's death'

[@joyellee4524]

This attorney HAD to believe she did have her hand in this. Cause he BLEW her whole case, and put the nail in her coffin with this closing statement. I said it!!!

[@bbingtube]

"What would make anybody do that to their own baby?" ... meth 😑

[@nonmihiseddeo4181]

@Stephanie Sasso Resentment of, and disgust for, the whole situation trapping him with a woman and children he didn't want. The baby daddy wasn't around for the infancy of Clarissa. Otherwise, she may have been the one to die instead, and Caliyah would never have been born. He had no taste for fatherhood, certainly lacked the financial wherewithal and temperament to care for/about them.

[@dino946]

Must be hard to defend these two.

[@amys495]

He’s only representing Bell.

[@rachelball1174]

I was a cop, and at one point considered going to law school. I knew I could never defend people like this. I admire those who can. They believe that everyone deserves a competent defense. It would give me ulcers, and keep me up at night.

[@ashkarra2507]

He’s doing an amazing job with the hand he was dealt.

[@seilove7044]

Not really both these lawyers kept bring up things that made them look guilty. The should have tore the evidence apart because things weren't done properly however either way good thing they didnt because I do believe that they both were involved some way ! I just feel like both of them should have had the same sentencing

[@AuntAlnico4]

@@seilove7044 by the way, where is the events of evidence ?

[@Gxie]

Well, at least Jose Biaz was not representing her. 💔❤️R.I.P. Baby Caliyah & Little Caylee Anthony❤️💔

[@kristenburton4181]

Bella & Celeste Watts also😢💔 none of these babies stood a chance at life... all because of their parents or parent 👼👼👼👼

[@eratoisyourmuse659]

@@kristenburton4181 Chris Watts was found guilty. Don't get the point of your comment.

[@sexyanonymous4962]

RIP Gabriel Fernandez ❤️💔❤️

[@haydeemaldonado1733]

Erato IsYourMuse, just what she said, "none of these babies stood a chance." Did I make it any better for you to understand? 🤦‍♀️

[@ql2ku]

That was my thought when everyone was saying her attorney sucks...I'm like I'm glad because it was hard watching Casey walk when she was obviously guilty, but had a good lawyer, and crappy prosecutors.

[@a.krueger6486]

He delivered a choppy, fragmented close.

[@sarahreid3467]

Exactly what I thought too. He didn't have his analogies thought out properly and they seem hap hazard and off the cuff..

[@madcatladyshirl6899]

He delivered a crock of shit!!

[@BellaLeoLicorice]

@@madcatladyshirl6899 pig shit

[@amgm1996]

How can you defend something like this tbh

[@ashkarra2507]

He did the best he could with what he was given & the evidence he was presented! I’d like to see you have a defense lawyers job & be given a case like this & be given the client he was given & you do better. He went to 7 plus years of college for this & have been doing this for years! Lets see you do this better then he did! It’s choppy due to he’s reading points off of a paper & he’s mixing it all up to confuse the jury. It’s a great defense tactic that lawyers use. Plus, he pauses to let his words sink in for the jury & judge. Also he is nervous (you can tell by a few of his movements). I’d LOVE to see you do better than he did!

[@LorJuT]

Thank you for uploading trial

[@mrsmedved6418]

This poor attorney! He had no defense because this woman is indefensible!! He is mortified by this client. If you watch the video of the day when the medical examiner testifies, your heart will go out to this guy for having to even sit so close to such a subhuman. If I were him this would be my last day as a public defender for sure‼️

[@SuperKaren1953]

They put those children in danger just by doing meth in the home. Those children were exposed to the deadly fumes in that trailer.

[@kimle190]

Not just the fumes, but the toxic minds/decisions of their parents! The role models they are exposed too! The neglect their parents put then through for drugs, the opportunities and finances they could have had.

[@J.A.7]

@@kimle190 Yes.Not TO MENTION THE 14 DAY OLD NEWBORN BEING IN ANOTHER ROOM AND THE MOM NOT GETTING UP CHECKING ON HER BABY BUT RATHER SENT DAD TO CHECK ON HER...HMM. SHOULDN'T SHE HAVE THOUGHT BABY NEEDS HER DIAPER CHANGED AND FED?!!!! THAT IS ALWAYS THE 1ST THING THAT POPS IN MY MIND AFTER I WAKE UP . BUT THIS IS J.M.O.

[@kimle190]

@@J.A.7 exactly! As u would know, newborns need to he fed every two hours! And as there friend mentioned, while being on meth, you can stay up for days, then when u finally sleep, your out for a day at least. These babies shouldn't be allowed to leave the hospital if their mother test positive for drugs. I feel so sorry for all these children! I couldn't imagine what their two year old has already been through.

[@J.A.7]

@@kimle190 Very Well Said.. HERE IN ALABAMA THEY WILL FIND DRUGS IN MOM OR BABYS SYSTEM IF THERE IS ANY TO BE FOUND AND D.H.R. IS CALLED RIGHT THEN ( EVEN IF ITS IN MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR ON WEEKENDS) AND ALSO AT EVERY DR.APPT WHILE PREGNANT THE 1ST THING IS PEE IN A CUP AND IT IS TESTED FOR PROTEIN, INFECTION AND DRUGS. I KNOW A LADY THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR OPIOIDS WHEN SHE HAD HER BABY AND THE BABY WAS TAKEN FROM THE HOSPITAL AND PLACED IN A FOSTER HOME SHE KEPT BEGGING AND CRYING FOR THEM TO RECHECK BCUZ SHE HAD NOT TAKEN ANYTHING.AND IT TOOK ABOUT A MONTH BUT IT WAS TESTED AND SENT TO SEVERAL LABS BEFORE IT WAS FINALLY RULED THAT IT WAS POSITIVE FOR OPIOID BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN EATING BURGERS WITH SESAME SEEDS ON THE BUN.BUT HER AND HER BABY WENT THRU ALL THIS DUE TO SESAME SEEDS THAT SHOW UP A POSITIVE FOR OPIOIDS.. THIS IS HONESTLY TRUE AND TO THINK THIS MOM CONSUMED METH AND DIDNT HAVE A BIT OF PROBLEMS WALKING OUT WITH HER BABY PROBABLY LEFT HOSPITAL AND WENT STRAIGHT TO SMOKE METH I.M.O. THIS MAKES ME SICK. IM ASSUMING WHERE THEY ARE FROM THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS DONE AT DR.APPT.NOR WHEN BABIES ARE BORN.AND IT IS SAD THAT THESE BABIES HAVE BEEN AROUND SUCH CRAP AND THE NEWBORN HAD TO BE SICK WITH DRUGS COMING OUT OF HER LITTLE SYSTEM PLUS THE TOXIC FUMES INSIDE THAT TRAILER .IM NOT SURE BUT I WOULD THINK THE SMOKE SETTLES IN THEIR CLOTHES TOO.I GOOGLED IT AND SEEN ALOT OF INFO ON HOW NEWBORNS ARE VERY CRANKY DONT SLEEP BUT 1 TO 2 HOURS AT A TIME IF THAT AND VERY JUMPY AND GETS STARTLED AT THE LEAST LITTLE NOISE AND/OR MOVEMENT AND THEIR LITTLE BODIES ACHE AND HURT AND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PUT ON A DETOX TO HELP WITH SUCH WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL .AND IN THIS PRECIOUS BABYS CASE THAT DID NOT HAPPEN SO I CANT IMAGINE HOW THIS BABY WAS SUFFERING AND THEN THESE P.O.S. MONSTERS KILL HER FOR NO DAMN REASON.. IM SORRY BUT I CANT SEE HOW ANY KIND OF DRUG WOULD CAUSE ANYONE ( BESIDES MONSTERS ) TO HIT A BABY OR ANYONE AS FAR AS THAT GOES LET ALONE KILL THIS PRECIOUS ANGEL. SHE WAS TOO PRECIOUS FOR EARTH BUT DAMN SURE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE . 😭I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS OFF MY MIND AND HAVE HAD DREAMS ABOUT THIS LITTLE ANGEL AND HER LITTLE SISTER. IM SO SORRY I DIDNT MEAN TO WRITE A BOOK LOL.I JUST GET SO FUSTRATED AND CANT SEEM TO SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS CASE I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT I WONT. SORRY FOR THE RANT.

[@kimle190]

@@J.A.7 don't be sorry, I completely understand. It feels very familiar to the chris watts case, except this is probably worse since the whole trailer park is filled with the same story of drug abusing parents and neglected children. I'm glad the laws are strict where u live, but that case with that poor women does make it very difficult and a much more complex situation. Maybe anything containing opiates, such as sesame seeds need not be eaten during pregnancy, maybe give every pregnant woman information to avoid these situations. As sad as this story is, I think more good is being done since at the end of the day. I think that these parents need to also spend time in a rehab or do some jail time, for putting their child's life at risk.

[@meredithpase]

The one thing that really stood out to me was in the interview when Chris said he went to look in the woods because, “when somebody’s done something wrong, they go in the woods, or that’s the first thing I thought anyways...” HIS OWN WORDS. I really thought the prosecution should’ve focused more on that.. they had evidence that when he beat Matt, that’s where he went... and he got away with that... so next time he did something wrong, he went right back to the same spot... I think he had hid the baby earlier (before the 7:41am message) and then messaged his “Unc” saying he was “wigging and tripping” wanting to get out of there so that when Cortney woke up, he wouldn’t be there and would have an alibi... when no one would come get him, he went back “to sleep” and then when Cortney woke up and started calling people to find Caliyah, she was told to hang up and call 911, which freaked him out... so he took off to the woods, hid her better, and put Mats shoes out to try to set him up... only he didn’t know he was in jail... he took so long to get back because he didn’t want to just come straight back from the woods, he walked the whole way down to Henderson and up the highway to make “looking for the baby” more reasonable.. plus I think he wanted someone to see him, and say he was asking if they had seen the baby, which is why he stopped and talked to skittles...

[@aloysejossiealexander3435]

This all makes sense imho

[@jennyl3889]

That was exactly my thoughts too.

[@ItsMe.1Gypsy]

@@switchunboxing he Deleted them.

[@TheSteveBernal]

In the police bodycam vid, they were both still high and nobody noticed. Also, both teams of lawyers are weak.

[@brianholt4725]

Still, What the hell is the motive? He hadn't ever showed any aggression toward his other daughter, and who wouldn't be tempted to knock the shit out of Courtney's whiney ass?

[@SuperKaren1953]

Killing a baby is not a mistake.

[@BettyWhite2171]

What if you accidentally drop a baby? They are very fragile. I'm not saying that happened in this case, just saying it's possible.

[@nancyayers6355]

Karen Partin Oops, I think in this case it was. They at least got their sorry butts locked up and this enabled the other child to get out of there. It's so horrible, but ... death, in this case, saved the baby from unimaginable horror.

[@aloysejossiealexander3435]

@@BettyWhite2171 So, if they accidentally dropped the baby and she died, that would have been a clear cut case to prove and they would have no problem at all. But ALL this??? And did you not hear the Medical Examiners account of the ( in my opinion ) multiple internal and external injuries the baby suffered, even the damage to the gums and inside of her mouth, an what about blunt force trauma to the head? A fall is a fall!!!

[@lorismith621]

I’m so so so tired of these poor children being killed by drug addicted parents

[@gina-leehutchin1231]

Meth addicts are aggressive and violent with a very short fuse. He snapped when he was coming down and poor little Calyah paid with her life. RIP little Angel.

[@feliciacameron6408]

Gina-Lee Hutchin I think mom snapped over those Facebook messages and the poor baby paid with her life. I honestly think dad is innocent and mom is painfully obviously guilty

[@gina-leehutchin1231]

@@feliciacameron6408 definitely a possibility. Terribly sad and tragic either way.

[@iLitAfuseiCantStop]

@@feliciacameron6408 What did the posts say?

[@D_AE_]

Gina-Lee Hutchin I’m aggressive and violet, never done meth ,crystal ,cocían. See so your wrong.

[@Bijabab3]

Felicia Cameron unfortunately if you’ve had enough experiences with manipulative narcissists as I, then you would be able to tell by their jail calls that he is completely guilty . Not even really worried About what happened to the baby. But worried about her being out being able to get high and him in jail .

[@nicolerene2777]

“ I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this...” *goes into ramble about Kroger’s chicken and plucking and gutting chicken..* ...

[@Internetlo]

Nicole Rene 🤣

[@inspectorforyou7624]

Worst ever

[@plowboy3642]

He's such a tool, coke is his motivation!

[@inspectorforyou7624]

Seriously the WORST closing argument I have Ever heard. Some lawyers just cant get the point across in closing arguments. Hes one of them. I started to forget he was speaking about courtney and a dead baby for a while. I feel badly for low income people. You get low income attorneys.....

[@judahtribe7]

@@inspectorforyou7624 except in this case it's okay and actually I wish they hadn't had any representation but I guess it's their right

[@bayougirl415]

She absolutely had the worst attorney I have ever seen! He seemed totally lost giving his closing statement.

[@poorpluto94]

Well you can’t make chicken salad out of chicken shit I think he did the best he could with the evidence he had Considering these two tweeking shit heads were guilty as hell

[@alisonholland7531]

What could he say? The facts spoke for themselves.

[@Idkgoogleitbro]

@@alisonholland7531 yeah he can only do his due diligence to his client and keep his reputation. Even if that's trying to bullshit others, he's just doing his job.

[@lauradees4625]

@@poorpluto94 well, yeah, that's true!

[@heathercoon3451]

I personally think he believed they are guilt but was court appointed so he kind of aimed to being just adequate enough to make it hard for her to appeal on the basis she had inadequate counsel buy bad enough they would be found guilty so he could live with himself.

[@LivelifeFullest-rq8rb]

She was too busy doing drugs vs protecting her poor baby

[@mipajaro1]

Correct.

[@callmemr.thomasreagan1157]

Livelife0828 Fullest ....There is nothing wrong with getting high

[@byronburkhammer2224]

Livelife0828 Fullest c’mon, it was just one bowl of meth. Let’s overreact now.

[@MuchoNoBueno]

I think the drugs did her

[@lbow09]

call me mr Tom Reagan there’s a whole lot wrong with smoking meth 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@SuperKaren1953]

Love is about taking care of the children and providing a good clean enviorment for them.Setting a good example for their children. That trailer was filthy and no child should be living in a pig stye. No child should be exposed to meth fumes. No decent mother would do drugs around their children. You can sugar coat it all you want,but she absolutely is not a good loving,caring mother. This happens too many times. A single mother moves a man into her home and something ends up happening to the childten.

[@sophroniamason2730]

A single mother moves in a BLOOD COUSIN to begin relationship with.....TRASH

[@eurocookinvlog9176]

Ain't the man lol

[@deeliciousgrapes]

Karen u spoke nothing but facts!

[@dirkstamper8545]

They are cousins?!

[@corneliawissing7950]

Reminds me of Tylee & JJ, their mother and her new husband.

[@AndreaKirkley527]

This attorney is horrible! Thank god for his horrible closing statements cuz he dug her grave

[@nancyayers6355]

Andrea Reddrea I beg to differ. She dug it. She dug it in that filthy, shabby trailer the morning when her honey beat her baby to death right in front of her. Of course, she was high on meth. She had managed to snort it or shoot it up, and after that she was outta there mentally. Didn't have a care in the world. These people are inhuman. I can't think if even one little thing that's a positive in this whole situation. She qualified for life without parole. Hope she has to serve every day of her insufficient sentence.

[@ebrooks24711]

When he kept bringing up domestic violence and her doing drugs , then talked about the horrific injuries to the baby I just rolled my eyes. What an idiot.

[@llamalama82]

Karma is a *****

[@love1another393]

True, but she also dug her own grave. No drugs, and you have a lot less problems

[@tThisNThat]

@@nancyayers6355 Well the silver lining, she will be locked up for the majority of her child bearing years.

[@kittiecorrell1378]

This precious baby was probably crying to be fed, changed or to be held. And parents were high and this was what they did to stop the crying

[@chanelhammond9978]

"She didn't cause that baby's death." Well she didn't prevent it. Smh

[@vickialexander1528]

They both are guilty...baby would be alive if they both dad not chosen to choose drugs!

[@becfrances1675]

I agree, rolled the dice for love , sad

[@VeronicaReveles408]

There are people that do drugs and don't murder.

[@beachesforever]

What a stop and start and unconvincing close! He's not rehearsed it, literally winging it as he goes and his analogies are sloppy. I'd be embarrassed if he defended me in court

[@africagonzalez58]

Not trying to be mean but I ...dont think he knows what tha fudge he is talking about

[@amyashley3182]

watching him during other parts of the trial something seems off. He has twitches every now and then. Idk what it is but something is a little weird.

[@gaelcrane8008]

Princessfoxy 50 you’re so right. He’s about as unprepared as one gets.This nonsense is something any attorney can say about any defendant. Do you notice he gives no details about his client and the babies murder. The prosecutors are falling asleep watching him. What a joke, now he’s talking about chickens, then he’s saying, “ I don’t know where to go with this”. This guy should be reported to the bar!

[@sunnidavis195]

@@amyashley3182 he likely has tourettes syndrome which can manifest itself in a myriad of different ticks along with several other symptoms but what you're seeing is the ticks. It's obvious that his ticks are definitely triggered by swings in his emotional state and I think seeing those autopsy photos and hearing the details of the baby's corpse and cause of death sent him into a mental state that we all felt hearing it. His ticks were extreme during that testimony.

[@len2489]

@@amyashley3182 it's called tourette's dumb ass.

[@castornpolluxable]

There is another video on this case when they are looking at the autopsy photos...I think this case gave him mild PTSD when he was looking at the photos. My heart goes out for the guy who has to represent a babykiller. I wonder if he has a tick bc he doesn't believe his own words.

[@FCWW87]

How long does a defendant closing statement usually take? That guy beat the shit out of the horse and then frankensteined it back to life only to beat the shit out of it some more. In my opinion.

[@Jess0423]

Lmao

[@thetruepatriot7733]

1-3 hrs is typical but it depends on the case and how many defendants have been charged. The judge sets time limits.

[@brandi6087]

I would have fell asleep sitting in that stuffy ass court room listening to this. Ughh

[@cheryljones-paulse8335]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@yalljustdontunderstandguys7569]

And said the same nothings over and over

[@sinead45gizmo53]

Somebody give that man a line of coke so he can focus!! And get to a point!!!

[@lauraphillips2689]

Oh no you didn't 😂🤣😂

[@sinead45gizmo53]

@@lauraphillips2689 his chatting a whole load of nothing! Maybe its strategic to confuse jury, but so glad it didn't work lol

[@canditamcguckian1031]

He had me so damn confused I feel like…if I were in the courtroom I’d be taking notes with a fat crayon….or either chewing on it lol good lord he has my ADD mad listening to this.

[@vanessalowe3819]

I would not want these defense attorneys representing me, not at all.

[@LisatheGreatest]

They are not very good. Not much fight. I’m embarrassed for them.

[@kellibates9051]

McNabb attorney has great points but no showmanship, Bell's attorney did no research shooting from the hip. I want to ask has he been drinking??? Terrible. SMH.

[@sakuragirl5979]

LisatheGreatest -- these two creatures make me embarrassed that I am a family law and children’s lawyer. That 51-minute-long so-called *closing argument* by Courtney Bell’s attorney was worse than anything a first-year basket-weaving student could have clobbered together! I was gob-smacked that Bell didn’t scream “ineffective assistance of counsel” before the words were even out of he judge’s mouth! Sadly, I arrived at the conclusion that this “mother” was at a total loss to comprehend what the judge was actually trying to say to her. This is what happens with inbreeding.

[@jasoncardwell8535]

I dont care if its 500 million

[@LanaDelReySimmer]

The lawyer defending Courtney looked like he snorted a line...

[@patriciarowe3431]

This defence attorneys analogy of chicken, drownings, sleep depravity, drugs,cheated on,spousal abuse, stabbing,made no sense how he put this case collectively together. He's horrible.

[@sherryevans2989]

I guess he was at a loss for words so he just said what came to mind!

[@justthatgirl-ct4jo]

He didn't have much to work with

[@kimtanguay6901]

These defense attorneys did the best they could with what they had to work with!

[@1234singingismylife]

It’s simply amazing that the children were not born severely addicted to drugs and/or had severe birth defects with the constant drug use! That should be a DIFFERENT CHARGE!

[@EbonyJ-rt5bb]

Courtney and Chris are also first cousins. Chris is Courtney’s mom nephew 😮

[@YouWillNeverFillMyShoes]

They baby did have a club foot unfortunately but I think they were addicted at birth, it just went under the radar.

[@DKSCMF]

And they are cousins 😮

[@ANC2002]

Some of his analogies were in very poor taste. When he compared the process of deliberation to killing a chicken, plucking it's feathers, etc.... It was just inappropriate in my opinion.

[@llamalama82]

Agree! Considering this trial is over a human , a baby, a life being so fragile , so helpless, its poor little body was discarded and taken.

[@deeliciousgrapes]

Look at her sitting over there feeling sorry for herself.

[@dariahughes5564]

McNabb had great atty. Got life. Bell had awful atty. Got 15 years. CRAZY. BOTH NEED LIFE NO PAROLE. PERIOD.

[@heatherlawrence8628]

I honestly don't think he did it. I think she did it, he knew and hid the body.

[@len2489]

@@heatherlawrence8628 why would you think that? They even released their jail phone calls and you can tell that she didnt do it and was very upset... and they were going against each other.

[@len2489]

@@heatherlawrence8628 also, he was awake at the time that it happened, she was asleep.

[@amys495]

Talkin Bout Nawlins you pick some interesting criteria for a women

[@carmelitaolsen5672]

What does attitude have to do with guilt?

[@ashkarra2507]

I give this man a 10/10 for his defense! He did absolutely AMAZING with the hand he was dealt!

[@STARRANISE-cv5qt]

100 bucks says they’re both really just thinking about getting high again..

[@TheJazzyP]

Right feel same way!! Her Body is a walking msds chemical compound sheet !! She lives life to be high and controlled by drug most ppl wouldn't clean thier toliet with

[@LexiLovesYouXO]

Probably getting high in jail if they are there.

[@callmemr.thomasreagan1157]

STARR. ANISE ...,, Lol 😂.

[@llamalama82]

WRONG!! They're regretting being in jail and thinking about how they're not going to be able to get high .

[@charlesbucholz8079]

Takes an addict to know an addict....I take it you must be an addict?

[@michellexena1]

None of this case has made me feel like she's more guilty then when i watched the body cam footage of the cops showing up and her pretending to look for the baby and saying "i just dont know where she, i looked everywhere" and picks up a pink blanket throws it, goes to the tub looks in there way to calmly if you ask me. Im sorry but if i couldnt find my two week old baby i would be a crazy wreck for hours,days,weeks,years!!!!!

[@janedoe7229]

She also called the baby’s name. Like a newborn would answer.

[@mitziokeeffe7653]

there are behaviours all thru this courtcase that make me think she's guilty, but yes, that calling a newborn bit was plain bad acting!

[@jessijamescollection2017]

This is the only reason why I didn't want to become a lawyer. Because I know they did it, they killed that innocent baby. If I had to defend people like this KNOWING what they really did I couldn't live with myself. That baby deserves justice. The mom should have gotten life not 21 years. That poor baby was beaten to death! For What? She was crying because she was hungry? Needed a diaper change, maybe just wanted someone to cuddle her... But a drug high was more important then your own baby wanting love.

[@mariannedressler6784]

Bye bye Courtney and Chris. It is just that simple. 💀

[@llamalama82]

In a nice little package for us!👍👏👏

[@tashacottrell1364]

The state has not shown me enough evidence to prove they did do this...I feel they are reaching for a conviction

[@sakuragirl5979]

Tasha Cottrell - well, they reached for a conviction .... and they got not one but two convictions 😝

[@kshamaness]

Tasha Cottrell I grew no evidence. The husband seems genuine. I really think someone else did this And just because they are poor , were in meth. They made a judgement call without evidence. Scary. The posts here are all about killing the parents based on judgements no evidence. Glad my life is not on the line. This is a kangaroo place

[@kristenadorno]

I dont know what to think. The state deff didnt do a good investigation. I would've been taking DNA of everything that surrounded that baby.

[@chrispennington6890]

Well the female's conviction was overturned she's probably gonna be getting out soon. They're dropping the murder charge against her because of lack of evidence and right now the state prosecutor has not filed filed appeal against her. If they do not file the appeal in a few more days what will happen is the motor charge stays reversed she will only have the 10 year sentence over her head and she's already done about 5 years which is parole time down there in Georgia

[@mysticrebel2840]

Both parents need life without parole!!!!! Bottom line!!!!

[@TheJazzyP]

Agree 100% both failed at doing the one thing should come with ease ... Protection of thier child providing a safe and healthy living enviroment... Baby depended on these 2 ppl to put all personal needs and wants aside only living for the needs and growth of said child !! Mom had zero bond with that baby 6 days out of 15 alive she had her 3 of those 6 being birth and hospital stay and 1 missing so 2 days as new mommy ... Sleeping so far from new born without any type of monitor for noise like crying 5 plus hrs long sleep for new born baby im a man and csn hear my baby cough ...to blame lack of mothering skills on your moms treatment to her growing up bullshit copout !! Grew up fatherless and all it did was give me the tools to be a great father. Cause if there was one thing i knew was the hurt and wanting of male figure in my life that i would always mske sure my kids never felt that and knew father love ... Blame the world around you for your faults ..... But at end of the day your only person who cant rest once hwr head hits the pillow...! Lie to the world but cant lie to your self !!

[@EbonyJT]

mystic rebel I agree 💯

[@llamalama82]

Unsure if I'd refer to them as parents

[@triciaattruia4803]

Yeah that bottom line is in no way a bottom line. You know zero about the law. State failed . They got lucky pure and simple bcuz of trashy meth heads as defendants

[@crystalhead5042]

💯% AGREE WITH YOU

[@jayyjayy6847]

NO SHE DIDNT KILL HER BABY BUT SHE DIDNT PROTECT HER.. SO THATS WHAT SHES GUILTY OF THATS IT NEglect

[@sarachemelowski3904]

Right. As a mother of young children myself, you NEVER leave your child/children especially your infants willingly, and knowingly in the care of someone under the influence of drugs omg especially like METH or alcohol. Idk what the hell she was thinking, and plainly she wasn't. She wasnt sleep after doing meth, not being up all night with her baby, after her own cousin testified thats what they was doing the night before, was meth, her, and mcnabb, she just wanted to sleep, selfishly. Its really like you almost couldnt expect something NOT to happen, you know. I cant even believe that detestable, vile, scum, liquefied that innocent, defenseless baby's brains for christ sakes. THAT WAS HIS OWN DAUGHTER!! He had no business being around that baby! And Im happy AF he got 100 yrs for it! Casey Anthonys case was circumstantial too but, every American knew she did it, and she just walked. Its about time these low lifes finally pay, and get locked away from society like they need to be. If he could do that to his own 15 day old baby? No ones kids are safe. Period.

[@latashahoward3943]

I'm not sure which one actually killed the baby but they're both equally guilty no matter who crushed her skull. They should both be put to death.

[@jenb5506]

I totally agree with you! I was torn on exactly what happened and who did what until I read the transcripts of the two in a room together and the dad said "I loved her" and this is before they were told the baby was found dead and the mom said "what why did you say that" and he reworded it and said "I love her" that was the point I knew for a fact he did it

[@jonathananaya]

Saying “where do I go with this?” During your closing argument might not be a good look. I’ve always thought that being charming and fit and articulate would be a lawyer doing all they can for their client. This guys inarticulate as hell. If he were representing me, I’d be like 🤦🏻‍♂️. Make some notes next time.

[@cheryljones-paulse8335]

Personally I think he's fumbling because he believes she's guilty as hell. Must have been extremely difficult for him to defend her. I watched the video of the medical examiner's testimony before this one, and her lawyer (this guy 👆) was clearly shaken when he looked at the autopsy photos. While the mother (his client) was unmoved. She even seemed annoyed at times.

[@rosannabarone2643]

Her attorney is reaching for straws, that baby did die because shes a drug addict, that baby should have never spent 1 day with her. She was willing to give her kids up for a car. Shes guilty just as much as the man is. They probably were to damn high to know or remember what THEY did to that poor baby.

[@dariahughes5564]

Rosanna Barone Amen. Although I believe she protected Chris and knew what he did. Helped him bury, and coverup. She's just as guilty. 15 yrs made me throw up.

[@J.A.7]

But My Question is WHY IN THE HELL WAS THE MOM NOT EVEN IN THE SAME ROOM WITH THIS PRECIOUS BABY.( HER OWN NEWBORN?) MY GOODNESS SHE IS DAMN SURE GUILTY OF NOT BEING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH HER NEWBORN.( I GET THAT SOME BABIES SLEEP IN THEIR OWN ROOMS BUT 14 DAYS OLD IS A LITTLE TOO SOON FOR THE BABY TO BE DOWN THE HALL IN A BASSINET ALONE.) AND TO ASK THE DAD TO GO CHECK ON THE BABY IN THE OTHER ROOM INSTEAD OF GETTING UP AND CHECKING ON THE BABY !!!! I BET IF SOMEONE SAID HEY LADY IF U GET UP AND CHECK ON SOME METH SHE WOULD OF BEEN UP AND SITTING ON READY , ROCKING ON GO. J.M.O. I JUST KNOW I MYSELF HAD MY BABY IN A BASSINET RIGHT BESIDE MY BED NOT DOWN THE HALL WAY .J.M.H.O.

[@tinaburch1615]

AMEN to that!

[@MaryMacElveen]

He really got upset at the autopsy photos, yet he uses dead chicken as an example? Ugh!

[@pamelazandarski5877]

I don't know if anyone else caught it or not but listen at 23:00 minutes her so called "Lawyer" said "couple hits of METH" LOL, ALMOST !!!!!

[@518corky]

Lol ur stretching. He said mom had a couple mi- minutes to sleep he stuttered. I do it all the time. Funny tho 😂

[@love1another393]

Lol! All you need is a couple hits!!

[@beastshawnee4987]

The state never proved this case at all. Where is the evidence that shows who killed the baby? They proved these two were drug users and not responsible parents. And that is all they proved. I would not have found them guilty because the state did not prove it.

[@love1another393]

True but the parents didnt protect their own child in their home so they were atleast responsible for it

[@candacecooley9854]

I agree. It was a very weak case and played on emotions. They were horrible parents but other than her being found in his bag there’s nothing that actually proves he did do it. This is the poor America that the rest of the country doesn’t see so it’s shocking to others.

[@faiththompson5758]

Her attorney is terrible..disorganized, doesn’t listen to witnesses, barely ask his own questions, and just pretty much just piggy backed on McNabbs lawyers statements. I do have to agree, after watching all of these videos, there really isn’t a lot of evidence. The officers/investigators really moved slow on collecting evidence and following up with all parties on processing the evidence. I would hate to see them walk free if they really did this but just no real proof on it. Maybe I missed it but even the girl he was texting could have did it. It’s just too many gaps

[@ashmickmax]

I agree with you, I KNOW they're horrible parents but I can't see enough evidence to prove either one of them of murder

[@dariahughes5564]

Faith Thompson She had the worst attorney and got the best sentence I've ever seen or heard. 15 yrs!?? It's sick. Fukk that jury and judge.

[@nancyayers6355]

Faith Thompson Stop and think ... who could have murdered the baby? Who would have wanted to silence her? A passing stranger? Perhaps a relative? Perhaps a coyote sneaked in and took her back into the woods and FRACTURED HER SKULL? Maybe Satan (who doesn't exist)? No, this either literally went down inside that miserable trailer, or daddy wanted her to shut up, so he took her out into a heavily wooded area, and hero that he is, he simply beat her to death. After all, after a grueling quest for meth, doesn't a man deserve some peace and quiet?

[@michelleduncan9965]

He knew she is guilty. As he watched all the evidence the medical examiner explained in relation to horrific photos of the abuse this 2 week old infant was subjected to, this lawyer was clearly terribly disturbed.

[@kimmyceeisme]

In most cases I wanna smack the defense attorneys in the face (when the defendant is actually guilty) but in this case I wanna smack the prosecutor in the face. How will she be able to sleep tonight!? She knows (and the rest of her team) that guilt was NOT proven here. The jurors too, how well will they sleep at night!? Makes me sick. The investigators screwed up big time here and that lies on them.

[@TheCrankyCrafter]

Kimmy Cee I agree 100% , I don’t think the father did it and I believe he has been set up in some way , I certainly don’t think that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that either Of them did it , but if I was going to pick one , I’d say she did it and framed him

[@judyberends4586]

They didn't make me think they proved their cases. I think it was a bad case to try together. I think there are questions .

[@judyberends4586]

I say DITTO.

[@sallyozuna3883]

dead two week old. both parents are guilty.

[@beastshawnee4987]

Kimmy Cee They don’t care if innocent druggies go to jail. Or guilty ones.

[@kaligibson9949]

Does anyone else think that lady in the first row to the left in the blue shirt and black jacket wit glasses looks like Jodi arias ??

[@cowgirl2144]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonathananaya]

Kali Gibson no but I think she’s hot

[@love1another393]

Yea, they let her out of jail so she could go to another trial and listen to another sad case, just like hers

[@Ana-gl3qr]

I'm hoping that this guy is defending as badly as he is in order to make sure they go down because with a closing like THIS it was the only place to end up

[@WhyWillard]

I looked at her the whole time lol she can handle all my future cases lol

[@appallokelley3207]

If that was my defense attorney I’d know I was going to prison . His closing arguments were shit.

[@gotohellenwaite6371]

Meth- Mama put that child’s life in danger the day she took Daddy- cousin into her home to be with those babies . She put those babies lives in danger when she decided to do Meth instead of caring for her children! Let her rot! The attorney is doing his job, but I think I would rather clean septic tanks for a living than to stand up and try to clear a wench like this . .. then live with himself. I hope he actually thinks about that baby’s death .. that was her life ending and he is attempting to stop her justice. .. but with most attorneys they will pop off with the age old everyone deserves justice.. ( except for the victims)

[@numberone5680]

Extremely poor attorney! Must be from that area.

[@nancyayers6355]

Number One So, you think you could have gotten that piece of trash off?

[@qbee3413]

Public defender for sure

[@Melissa-rk5ew]

She would have traded her babies for a car to appease her boyfriend, enough said. Her entire family knew it as well. I do believe the father killed that precious baby because if he was truly innocent he would have been interrogating her during those phone calls trying to figure out what happened, which he didn’t. He never questioned her because he knew what happened. He doesn’t seem like the altruistic type. That being said she’s just as guilty. She had family and friends giving there all to keep those babies safe but she still found a way to weaponize them for her own advantage.

[@chrishome7227]

Everyone in that court room including her attorney knew she did it.She definitely set the dad up to take the fall to.

[@missdawnkidd8339]

Yes I agree .... he did not kill that baby 😔 hope he appeals or gets some help to get a new trial

[@switchunboxing]

There’s no proof of that. It’s just speculation. Therefore they should not be found guilty. It’s not about speculating what may have happened. It’s about whether or not they can prove without doubt that there’s no possible other scenario that could have caused the death of this child.

[@emmajadeeaston4854]

I know this is old now, but you think she's the guilty party and wanted to set up her dad? Personally I think it's all on the child's dad.

[@chrishome7227]

@@switchunboxing bottom line is none of us were there so we really don't know.

[@switchunboxing]

@@chrishome7227 Exactly.

[@rodneygreenwaymusic]

"What on earth would ever posses anybody to do what was done to that baby?" Ummmmm.... METHAMPHETAMINES!

[@mitziokeeffe7653]

have you seen the cheyanne harris case? this got nothin on that one..

[@gigi1071]

BULLSHIT! JUST LIKE GUNS , DRUGS DON'T KILL PEOPLE , PEOPLE DO , LOTS OF PEOPLE KILL WITH NO SIGN OF DRUG USE OR A GUN. FUN FACT.

[@humblemomo5444]

It’s too many holes in this case. I watched it from the beginning.

[@staceyrosado6402]

Monika King I agree

[@beastshawnee4987]

The state hasn’t proved anything as far as the killing. I think Chris proooobably did it and then took the body outside-because He didn’t accuse try and Courtney much at all. She did not do it. She was a sloppy dug addict. She thinks he did it. But none of us know at all if Chris is innocent or guilty except Chris. Running away has no bearing on guilt. His previous violence does not mean he did this violence. It only shows that he can be violent...that he can snap...not that he did. IDK why the cops did not look for physical evidence inside the trailer. Surely if the baby was stomped there would be evidence...Lazy cops. Sure the scene was contaminated but many are...

[@kshamaness]

Monika King I agree. I really think the husband is innocent. Be it her or someone else. I agree. It’s all based on judgement calls. Scary. That they judge with no evidence

[@JorgeGonzalez-ut3pm]

So did I. And I know that they both have to do with it. They both need life without the possibility of parole. Not just him.

[@SweetUniverse]

McNabb's clothes & shoes should've been tested for blood residue

[@gina-leehutchin1231]

The hospital is also guilty. The baby should never have been allowed to go home with meth-addicted parents. In Australia, they would of have been assigned a home healthcare worker to visit them daily and monitor the care and situation. Free of charge if course.

[@americanmade1701]

Nothing is free.. Someone is paying for it..

[@gina-leehutchin1231]

@@americanmade1701 of course someone is paying. We all contribute, via taxes, fees etc. In a humane society, that's how it should be. If it means saving a life or making someone else's life a little easier, I'm all for it. It's funny how people don't mind contributing their tax dollars to fund illegal and immoral wars that kill thousands of people on the other side of the world but resent spending a cent to help somebody live.

[@nancyayers6355]

Gina-Lee Hutchin Please don't blame the hospital. How were the staff supposed to know? Thus pair probably seemed no different from anyone else. People usually don't react if they don't see anything going on to react to!

[@gina-leehutchin1231]

@@nancyayers6355 I'm at a loss as to how the hospital staff would not have been able to recognise a couple of meth addicts. They definitely don't present the same as everybody else. It would have shown up in the mothers blood work as well.

[@sophroniamason2730]

@@americanmade1701 You damn right, US!!

[@miapia8997]

the closing statement is SCREAMING my client is guilty 💀 … the worst damn attorney ever-

[@mariannpasquale7740]

And this is why you never use public defender's !!

[@nancyayers6355]

Mariann Pasquale Oh, so are you saying that she deserved some hotshot attorney do she could have walked? What exactly do you mean?

[@dariahughes5564]

Like meth-heads, trailer trash that have 1 half working car between 9 family members CANNOT afford a privAte attorney But,ok there bud thx for the tip!!

[@amberlea4506]

Public pretenders work for the counties

[@harletterider9658]

@@dariahughes5564 ..there were 2 pt cruiser

[@emmajadeeaston4854]

Who here thinks she wasn't guilty? And maybe a victim of his too, being abused by him verbally and physically? I'm really unsure, I'd lean on that this was on him, but if this was my baby I would be in an absolute panic, devastated and a complete mess. She didn't behave in a way that I would expect a mother to.

[@bonitadrake3046]

Well she looked pissed when she sat down like oh God I'm going to jail too. She's a SCUMBAG.

[@kballa9041]

He lost me at "gut the chicken and pluck the feathers...." 😑

[@sinead45gizmo53]

He keeps saying "we'll get to that" this is supposed to be last time he has to waffle!! Think he would talk a parking ticket up to death row!! And she looks bored af! Must have had to miss hair appointment or something or somewhere important to be!!

[@MuchoNoBueno]

Sinead45 gizmo the older brunette behind him is nodding out the whole time

[@sinead45gizmo53]

@@MuchoNoBueno whatever drug she's on to keep her alert (ie.young and attractive to herself) has wore off ! Just typing this message to you is making me nod of to sleep listening to him for few seconds to remind me off video xx lol the accused looked much better on drugs! Prison in America have fed her well! Love his reference to something in the bible, lol " he without sin cast the first stone" should of read other bible story about "cutting the baby in half and give half to each woman" who ever killed that baby it was both of their faults equally!! God his boring !! Lol x

[@katuhtonik]

It really took you that long?

[@wesdog99]

Is it possible that the 2yr old caused the death and the parents panicked and hid the baby. The baby had been undressed its sleeper was taken off, a tee shirt sleeve was put on its head almost as if a child was trying to redress the baby. The 2yr old could have dragged that baby around for hours before the parents woke up. It could have fell on the baby head causing the head trauma. The woman that did the autopsy said that there was leaves and dirt on body. This could have come from the 2yr old dragging it around on floor. The weight of a 2 yr old falling on a newborns head could cause alot of damage. I dont know why, but I just cant stop thinking about it

[@reginaldbrown3549]

Ur not alone with that theory I said that when I first heard about the case and yes a 2yrs old can do this type of damage to a 14day old newborn a newborn head is softer then a slice of white bread delicately then a bowl of gelatin and one time my daughter 1yrs old climbed in his newborn twins sister crib and was trying to pick one of the girls up and hug and kiss them but was squeezing the baby neck like a bear hold hug and he was hugging her to hard and kissing her to ruff causing her to gasping for air could have caused her to stop breathing and the police and hospital would have for sure said a adult stranger her but the 1yrs did it trying to show his little sister love like his mother do my daughter would let him give his twin sister's hugs and kisses so he didn't know better and my daughter just left them in the next room to go make bottles it was feeding time for the twins and she didn't know that the 1yrs old knew how to climb in the twins crib so shit happen but however if sumthing like that happen don't be afraid to report it or take a child to the hospital never cover up accidents because honesty go along way people's and that's so sad if that happen and the parents went through great length to cover up a accident.

[@Melissasuzie]

My daughter was 3 when she lifted her newborn sister up by the hands and was dancing with her 😩. I had literally turned to fill the kettle, I was able to get her to lower the baby to the ground slowly. No harm done, but if I hadn’t have been in the same room at the time, I would dread to think what would have happened. So easily done

[@J.A.7]

BUT I HONESTLY DONT THINK THE 2 YR OLD CAUSED SO MANY BLOWS TO THE HEAD AND BEAT SO BAD HER LIL BABY TEETH CAME OUT OF HER GUMS AND WENT THRU HER LITTLE TOUNGE.THAT HAD TO BE SOMEONE THAT HIT THE BABY VERY VERY HARD WITH SOMETHING .I.M.H.O. I DO NOT THINK A 2 YR OLD COULD OF CAUSED THIS MUCH DAMAGE . AND I THINK I REMEMBER EARLIER IN THE TRIAL IT BEING SAID THE 2 YR OLD WAS NOT THERE THAT NIGHT OR SO THAT IS WHAT THE GUY ON THE WITNESS STAND SAID .( THE NIGHT B4 HE WAS THERE AND WENT IN THE BEDROOM AND LOOKED AT THE BABY ( SHE WAS SLEEPING IN HER BASSINET) HE DID NOT SEE THE 2 YR OLD THERE.

[@J.A.7]

And it could be possible that the baby having the shirt sleeve on her head is a cause of being in a hurry and trying to make things look off !!?! Was the original sleeper found? If not it was probably taken off of the baby so that it could not be tested or when it was tested no evidence would be found.i dont know but this case is awful and still so many questions of how and why certain things were like this n that . j.m.o. i honestly feel the the dad did this and we all have our own opinions . But 1 Thing is for Sure this angel DID NOT DESERVE TO BE SHUFFLED AROUND FROM PILLOW TO POST HERE THERE AND YONDER.THIS PERSON AND THAT PERSON TAKING CARE OF A NEWBORN WHILE THE MOM AND DAD WAS SMOKING METH.THEY HAD A NEWBORN AND METH WAS THE ONLY THING THAT THEY SEEMED TO REALLY WANT TO DO.THE HELL WITH YOUR DRUGS AND WHAT U WANT WHAT ABOUT YOUR BABIES? AND YES I AM GREATFUL FOR THE LOVE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS GAVE THIS BABY AND THAT THE BABY WAS TAKEN TO SAFE PLACES FROM TIME TO TIME BUT THE COLD HARD TRUTH IS WHEN U HAVE A BABY THAT SHIT SHOULD BE STOPPED AND YOUR BABY COMES B4 U DO AND WHAT U WANT. ( ESPECIALLY DAMN METH ) AND FROM WHAT I GATHERED THEY DID SMOKE THE SHIT IN THE SAME SMALL TRAILER WITH THOSE PRECIOUS BABIES IN THERE AND THAT ALONE IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

[@earthwaterfall1498]

The prosecution look bored and hungover

[@pambolding6327]

She may not directly done it but she didn't prevent it either.

[@pambolding6327]

@Wooly Pandora Where did u hear the girl seen blood? Just curious

[@visitswflorida]

Sleeping is not failure to protect especially two weeks after birth. The father is way more culpable.

[@steppy3736]

"We don't even know if Mr McNabb did it." 🙄 Is that the attorney admitting he knows his client killed her child?

[@robertayoder2063]

U go f tat cribble face 🥵

[@runfree6249]

I just putting this out there IMO that DA has a very smug look .

[@natterman2037]

Most do..lol

[@jonathananaya]

RUN FREE you can do that when you’re winning

[@kaciecleveland3268]

I like this lawyer. Courtney made big mistakes and now has to pay for it but I have sympathy for her. Addiction is a disease. It don't care if you have kids or not. It becomes first priority. Inhope she gets the help she needs. Lets not forget she will have to deal with this her whole life. No matter what her sentance is she will already be serving a life sentance because of her decisions. As for the dad I have no words.

[@amgm1996]

I saw him watching the baby autopsy, i dont blame him for the choppy argument. If i was her lawyer i too would make a bad defense.

[@Joooools]

He should have just pulled a “My Cousin Vinny” and pointed to the prosecutors and said, “uh everything that person said is bullshit.”

[@kionapope1710]

I'M STILL STUCK ON THE FACT THAT YOU HAD A BABY WITH YOUR FIRST COUSIN, THEN YOU TORTURE THIS LIFE THAT NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO BE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD AND FRANKLY I DON'T CARE WHO DID IT ..BOTH NEED LIFE..

[@kimharper3075]

It really says everything when an attorney spends more time throwing passive aggressive comments towards other attorneys and little to say when it comes to the client they represent. Shameful

[@sarahendrix3132]

The law doesn't require proof of motive. Her defense attorney mentioned that the state cannot prove motive lol.

[@518corky]

They dont need proof? Isn't that what evidence is for? To prove? What about guilty until PROVEN innocent/otherwise.

[@nancyayers6355]

Sara Hendrix What was the motive. News flash! Daddy dearest is a violent sadist. He lives to get high on methamphetamine. Which triples his natural meanness. There was no real motive. A violent thug shot up, and couldn't deal with a tiny baby who was crying for a bottle, so he beat her, fracturing her skull in many places, and socked her in the mouth, causing her little teeth, which were up inside her guns, to fall out. Her head had been beaten with such force that her BRAIN HAD TURNED TO LIQUID. There was no motive other than he just wanted to doze off. Oh, and don't forget that he hit her so hard on her mouth that he SPLIT HER UPPER PALATE. I don't believe in hell. I think he'll get attacked in prison at some point like Dahmer did, hopefully he'll die and rot. And no one will remember he ever existed.

[@catelinwaterman3334]

The law requires proof of how, where, when, who and by what means. Or at least a couple of those to make a case. The state showed none of those basic requirements.

[@jessiecollinshubbard7951]

It’s like he wants her to go to prison. This is a terrible argument.. omg.

[@switchunboxing]

What other argument would you have outside of “the state did not prove who did this beyond reasonable doubt” and “doing meth and getting beaten doesn’t mean you caused your baby to get murdered?” Plenty of people beat their wives, which is awful, but it doesn’t mean they’re also murdering their own offspring..

[@rebeccaocker4506]

Cortney killed her baby why would he put his items on the baby

[@josephbenson4444]

The looks on everyone's faces say: this is some bullshit.

[@jessicajayne5205]

Horrendous horrific and tragic! Totally unnecessary!!! I do know though that this lawyer gives a totally inadequate closing statement!!!

[@WhisperGray]

"What would possess someone do do what was done to that baby ?"... Meth delusional anger outbursts.. I've seen it first hand..

[@elvance6430]

What was the sentencing I can’t even watch anymore of this crap!!!!! How could you defend these animals!!!!???? Money money money where’s your ethics and morals

[@love1another393]

So if there is 500 million things saying Courtney is guilty and only 1 that is wavering, that is reasonable doubt!!!! That guy shouldnt be a lawyer just because of that one comment

[@DKSCMF]

I think the kids were their drug money. If they had just let the kids stay with the grandparents. But they knew if they did that no more excuses saying that the money is for something that the babies need 😢

[@MissAprilleigh17]

This case was all over the place.

[@karenmorente7589]

There s. NO reasonable doubt. Lock and keep them period.

[@brandi6087]

This defense atty went on and on about the "mom" being asleep when it happened. There's no proof of that. As a former meth user I didn't know of anyone who smoked meth in the evening and went to bed by morning without eating Xanax or smoking weed which was never mentioned in this case. Not all BUT most meth users like the high and enjoy tweaking and don't want to ruin the high by taking a downer to help come down. That's the point of doing it to stay up and shoot the shit all night with your partner and friends.

[@markbrown1609]

I would have separated the defendants. why would you defend your client bunched in with the probable suspect. makes no sense.

[@janedoe7229]

I think the judge untimely decides if cases should be tried together or separate.

[@DJLNR.]

24:34 you're client is a murderer. . You say none of us have evidence of a break in etc etc, So it's the mother and father are the only ones who could have done it. Stop telling the jury what and how to think, stop making civilians be the jury then teaching then how to think to get your client off for full payout. . Let me not keep writing a long comment so I'll say this last power comment, The jury as I have been part of the jury before, I know I'm there to find how how guilty the defendants are and not how innocent the may be, wake up, they have been charged by people more professional at crimes and suspects than yourself unless you are a cop/lawyer and are off work doing jury service. No drug head wants to hear a baby crying constantly. The father wanted more money for a fix or the mother and one of them said no no, we need to save money for baby food etc, one of them murdered the baby or try to hurt baby over time so problem solved, no more baby to pay for, more drugs to get high. I can see right through this story. And when the cops have nothing to go on it totally mean the parents done it or the cops did it, which one? I'm sure it's not the cop's, cops get a bad rep but they're whom I would leave my kid with for the night rather than even a friend or someone in my town I've know all my life. Ourselves may not be nice at times and you expect me to give my child who doesn't have to be nice, cops get paid to be nice, break the law and they're allowed to get angry and it also put a their lives at risk when suspects act the fool. All the child deaths to date have been done by the parents, I think it's less likely for a stranger to hurt a child than own parents, the stranger does it only when parents have paid the stranger and even then the stranger is just moving the already dead body. . Put them in jail and please stop annoying me with reasonable cause crap

[@jeanieallen4212]

They were both methed up. That’s child abuse right there.

[@soniacastro2480]

They should also be prosecuted for blaming the two year old

[@144church]

Swimming in a river in Egypt, Da Nile lol

[@johnnynobuddy1]

🤣

[@onepaint2002]

Bell's defense attorney brought out a good point about the baby good health up to the death, however, she didn't have the baby most of that time it had only been there since the day before found so she can not be said to have taken good care of the child when it was someplace else

[@debracullens8226]

They really don't have any evidence, the only thing they have done is not being a parent and protectin that baby

[@truthseeker7886]

Agreed BUT personally I would never have my children around someone who is a meth user. Not even once!!! People who use meth are crazy! That drug makes their brain rot. Users don’t sleep and being sleep deprived causes a person to get paranoid, hallucinate, mood swings, they get aggressive... PLUS THE DRUGS DO ALL OF THAt TOO. And more!!! How can you trust a methhead in your home? Around your children?? How? Especially when we all know what METH does to a persons mind and behaviour!!! They go nuts. They literally LOSE THEIR MINDS. So having all these methheads around the children most defiantly put the kids IN DANGER!!! And the mother did nothing to protect her children bcuz she was a methhead herself. And had all those ‘people’ coming and going and smoking meth in her home where the children lived!

[@ashmickmax]

@@truthseeker7886 agree 100 but that still doesn't prove that either one of them killed that baby girl, it's absolutely HORRIBLE what happened, but I don't see enough info

[@carolmiller3585]

There still murdering scumbags of the earth there going to fry 😀😀😀🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@carolmiller3585]

There the scum of the earth you for real they would rather take meth and live in a pig sty

[@carolmiller3585]

Stacey are you for real there meth heads kept a pig sty lazy fukers there scummy bastards hope they fry I would personally burn them at the stake

[@insanebeauty2250]

This is the worst closing argument I have ever heard from a defense lawyer!

[@johnnynobuddy1]

War machines was worse.

[@rhondarosebudbarcia6508]

he sure does like food for his argument, chicken, steak knives...

[@lauradees4625]

Oh, fricken yes she did! She didn't protect her kid and knew what was going on. She protected the other kid. Quit lying.

[@boysmom2684]

What I would like explained is if the child was only 2 weeks old,and at the 1st doctors appointment, it was SEEN AND NOTED BY DR., that the newborn infant had a foot turned inward,and small bluish patch on her face- why in the HELL was that one week old child not IMMEDIATELY put in protective custody by DHS or police called and the couple and baby held at doctors office to be questioned and have child removed THAT DAY.This was obviously injuries to that baby who was a helpless NEWBORN ONE WEEK OLD BABY- who can't walk so there should be NO way that child's foot was able to be injured and turned inward.The child at that age cannot even grasp objects to have hit itself or dropped a toy on her face.So the doctors office notes OBVIOUS child abuse ALREADY- doesn't even address it with the parents and sent that baby home only to be killed a week later.wtf ...that right there is a failure for mandatory reporting system required by law of ALL healthcare providers. Smh. And gotta wonder how its possible the other child hasn't been abused or can't help fill in the blanks of wtf happened.from their "friends" testifying about what the trailer was like for a child already living in it,active meth users fighting and coming and going from that home,yeah don't tell me that mom gave a shit about what was going on to keep the older safe even before she had this baby who lived a total of 14 days.if that "dad" can beat on her and push her down pregnant, you think he gives a shit about the baby after she was born?or the mom to think "gee he's beating the shit out of me in front of my kid,he's shoved me down when I'm close to giving birth- maybe I better take myself and my children out of this environment until he gets help.Disgusting excuse for parents.I'm in recovery- I never EVER allowed people coming and going when I was actively using or let my house become a meth flop house.once you have kids your priorities change.or they sure as hell should- hope she loses custody of the other child she has too. Infuriating people like this are allowed to even procreate.

[@nevakendrick1164]

This baby never made it to her first doctor appt.

[@vanessacecil2203]

@@nevakendrick1164 there was a pediatric record from the week before..

[@harletterider9658]

@@vanessacecil2203 for the 2 yr. old,eh?

[@vanessacecil2203]

@@harletterider9658 no it was for the baby. My comment was in response to Neva's comment prior....my comment is old, so I cant remember without rewatching this shit show

[@tammybrook8052]

I like Bell's attorney. I thought he showed a lot of heart for Baby Caliyah during the trial..wiping away tears, looking away when the autopsy pics were shown..He had an uphill battle with all the testimony about her meth use. He did the best he or any lawyer could do with the client he had. She IS guilty of being a LOUSY Drug addicted Mother..But with all the people that claimed to be so concerned/care about the welfare of the children, why did NOT ONE pick up the phone & call DFACS (even anonymously)? I think there is plenty of blame to go around. Her penalty is too much..She should pay a price but that sentence is ridiculously long for being a bad Mother. I still believe that serving a couple of years followed by an extensive inpatient drug program SHE could be a productive Citizen. She could actually use this horror to the benefit of others in addiction. Let Caliyah's death not be in vein. It IS the world we live in... Addiction/Broken Families/Violence..a very very sad time. R.I.P. Precious Baby Caliyah..

[@melissadyche8325]

They are both guilty because neither one of them are fit parents or had the babies best interest with smoking meth in the house where the baby lived

[@Teenabella]

I thought he was right on as her attorney by even saying she wasn't a perfect mom but the main point he argued is a true fact she didn't kill the baby the evidence clearly says that McNabb did. We all make mistakes and are not perfect and I am not declaring that she was a great mom but she didn't kill the baby and no way in hell does she deserve life or it in prison.

[@morzaprowashpressurewashin5673]

Havent seen the entire case yet. Im wondering if is there any forensic evidence that shows the babys blood on site, items on Cortney or Chris?

[@ToniHunterOne]

OMG! Are they allowed to ramble on and on like this? Closing statement is nearly an hour. What did the judge just say?

[@shorttongue]

This guy is all over the place... and uses some strange analogies. I'm sure all the publicity of the case got to him a little bit. Some people just don't shine the brightest when they're on the biggest stage