WATCH LIVE: Lawyer Accused of Mom's Murder Trial Takes The Stand - GA v. Richard Merritt - Day Three

"Disgraced lawyer Richard Merritt faces trial for allegedly killing his mother on the day he was supposed to report to prison for financial crimes in February 2019. Prosecutors allege Merritt brutally stabbed and beat 77-year-old Shirley Merritt to death after she cooked him his last meal - leaving plates on the table and pots on the stove. Richard was arrested and charged when US Marshals caught him eight months later in Tennessee living under an alias."
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[@antiquemacabre6815]

I just have to say that the camera person is on top of their stuff. Zooming in on the diagram to indicate the corresponding wound the medical examiner was discussing, showing just enough of the wound photos without being disrespectful. One of the best camera jobs I've seen in a trial (and I've watched tons).

[@goose7574]

Agreed! Very well done! And the sound is not bad either, which is nice.

[@12wer3wer9]

Imagine birthing your murderer, wow! 😳 This poor woman. RIP

[@_SnowJustice_]

unfortunately, not the first.

[@slim7435]

I know, it's unbelievable 😢how could anyone do something like this!!!!!😢😢

[@FamLawJ.D.]

Dahum!! What á perspective! 😢

[@midnightrun2764]

@@FamLawJ.D.Welll, sadly perspective is reality in this case! 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@tasst2674]

Narcissist. IF what he said was true, which is highly unlikely, and IF he was a man, he would have gone straight to his children to get them and put them someplace safe. Instead he went off the grid. Disgusting.

[@traveltm]

And dated while on the run

[@Vmurph]

He also would’ve gone straight to his mother after they left, to try to render aid, or at the very LEAST, to hold her hand or something, to say goodbye or that he loved her. Like a normal son would do after seeing their mother murdered. The prosecution should have pointed that out to the jury. She also should’ve pointed out that he kept referring to the murderers as GENTLEMEN. Luckily the jury was smart enough to see through him, but the prosecution really sucked at cross-exam. He made so many conflicting statements on direct, and she never confronted him about them on cross.

[@AirQuotes848]

His is the dumbest escape story I have ever heard. His MOM is murdered in front of him,but the murderers let him go💩🙄

[@mea1831]

Yes, can you believe it?? Sadly, this “story” has been used many times. The first I remember is Jeffery McDonald, another sad case. As I listen to his story it just sounds exactly like Alex Murdaugh. A murder and stealing money.

[@CDMButterfly]

Yes, why did they let him go? What would be in it for the murderers? Makes no sense.

[@LPS-mh8kx]

0.0

[@teresahenderson954]

She should have never bailed him out of jail for stealing from elderly. If u lie, you'll steal, if u steal u can easily kill. Leave crooks in jail n don't take care of grown men.

[@patriciamatus4619]

He wants the jury to believe this ridiculous fable?!

[@matthewcarlton5693]

I worked with this guy a few years in an Atlanta law firm. He was always weird and shady.

[@cassandra2685]

His “as a matter of fact” tone with each answers, followed by an expression of approval towards the professionalism of the prosecuted .. What a scary piece of work

[@trudimartin]

So these monsters come to the house because he stole money. They kill his mum, threaten his family but let him go free????

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

And what convenient timing 🤔 The imaginary men had all that time to come for him but managed to pick the perfect day and left him totally unscathed so he could cut and run. Amazing

[@trudimartin]

@@lilbitsleepy2574 Some kind of monster miracle right there.

[@denisew3631]

Is he for real!? What kind of psycho chuckles when describing the horrendous murder of their mother. I'm wondering if his lawyers knew he was going to tell this ridiculous story.

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

Yep. That ego he has is coming out. His whole testimony has more dupers delight than grief at his mothers horrible murder.

[@SnozberriesTasteLikeSnozberrys]

He just doesn't sound like someone who is describing the most horrific event that has ever happened to them. Not believable

[@peterpiper517]

Thankfully we were spared the snot show this time!!

[@Peaches.523]

Guilty all day long.

[@sarahallenhumboldt2638]

That prosecutor was useless in her cross examination of the defendant. Doesn't it ever occur to these inept lawyers to watch the effective, talented lawyers on televised trials, in order to learn?

[@Nasdaqbaby]

🙌

[@Lwah0812]

I’ve wondered if this is her first case where she is the lead prosecutor.

[@trudimartin]

She was bad. She could’ve really made him look a fool but she missed so many opportunities.

[@sierramcclary2897]

I personally think that she did a great job

[@midnightrun2764]

I know, you’re right! That’s what I’d do too! I really thought, WOW!, she’s not only going to “eat his lunch!,” she’s going to eat him, “FOR” lunch! Never happened. The only thing he negated to say while on the stand, explaining what, & whom he had stolen from, was, “so what,” or big deal!” What a piece of garbage! 🤮

[@kimberlylaughner5067]

You just “witnessed” your mothers murder.. Must pack toiletries and stop for gas and snacks!! Don’t warn your ex or your children.. Omg this is the best you came up with

[@Juke582]

He is a real piece of work for a Lawyer huh??? Unreal 🤦‍♀️ Telling about the brutal murder of his mom with zero emotion!!! Anyone would break down crying hysterically (even a guy) if that story was real!!! But this guy has zero affect!!! He is not even conscience of that! Crazy! I wondered if he has Asperger’s syndrome or something? 🤦‍♀️

[@heidibetweenjewelryandjob7811]

He took his mother’s car because it had a bigger gas tank? Omg!

[@9babyblu]

​@@Juke582 nah, just psychopathic!

[@melistasy]

This guy (if he really killed his murder) is a sick sick individual. To sit on the stand and callously tell that story like we all were born yesterday, speaks volumes about his character. He must be the devil himself!

[@lydibug51]

He's a lawyer, what you expect 😢

[@annebosworth7048]

U would think being a lawyer he would have come up with a more believable story... unbelievable..😅

[@bobbyswain7049]

to his credit....it did take him 3 times to pass the bar😅

[@annebosworth7048]

@@bobbyswain7049 true 😂

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

It sure was cringe worthy 😵‍💫

[@kikistewart4950]

How does a Son tell of a story of how his mom was murdered in front of him and not drop one tear..He even chuckled at one point when telling the story..I cant believe he is that much of a narcissist that he took the stand and told that bs story without one ounce of emotion..just evil

[@Vmurph]

Did you notice at 5:17:45 he refers to the guy who’s supposedly assaulting his mother, as a GENTLEMAN? However, at 5:17:41 the one who dug a gun into HIS back, was a “guy”, not a gentleman. Interesting. And very revealing.

[@jfo8888]

Such a horrifying event he states he went through but not an ounce of emotion when retelling it. Why didn’t the prosecutor ask him if he checked her for a pulse before he left. He loved her soooo much but didn’t even check to see if there was any hope she could still be alive. He didn’t need to… he already knew. He never contacted his ex-wife or kids during the eight months he was on the run but ran because he was worried for their lives? Just doesn’t make sense.

[@speakupify]

Prosecutor should have gone harder on him..although like Jodie Arias..more ninjas!

[@goose7574]

Agreed! He laughs/chuckles at very odd times. Like when he's asked about the knife in regards to his mother... So gross!

[@polkadots716]

I wasn't familiar with this case and he seemed a sympathetic character at the very beginning of his testimony, but his testimony and the case itself quickly began to take on Murdaugh vibes. I doubted his story once he began talking about the "break-in" incident resulting in the murder of his mother. The story didn't sound at all plausible, he recounted it without emotion, gave such detailed descriptions of "the perps," at one point reverted to telling the account in the present tense (indicative of trying to remember a fabricated story), didn't check on his mother or dispatch help for her, and didn't call LE to seek protection for his ex-wife and kids---all of which left me without a doubt as to his guilt. Oh, yeah... and the inappropriate laughing while describing his mother's murder just screams "guilty!"

[@lauradueck2535]

Did he really just call the guy that pushed his mother down the stairs a “gentleman”?😳

[@midnightrun2764]

Thank you! I thought the same. I don’t even like my mother, but anyone that disrespected, let alone murdered her!, 🤯 I’d refer to as a piece of garbage, just to start w! 🤨!

[@debbiemacphail5404]

His story makes no sense. Like they would let him live so he could I.D. them. Then he says he was worried about his ex wife and kids but takes off so they would have to fend for themselves. Pathetic story!!!

[@dfmullen1922]

What a story. So he fled and cut off the ankle monitor and I guess thought he would go on and live his life.

[@AirQuotes848]

So obviously a lie isn't that👁👁

[@illywolf4558]

Well he did have 18 dollars. And described the "monsters"

[@AirQuotes848]

@@illywolf4558 $18 dollars 🤔

[@georgetaraeofficial]

Oy. I'm cringing at how obvious of a lie this is.

[@LiSSie_Lou22]

Nothing against the medical examiner but I could not sit in a class from him with all the umms. Poor guy probably prefers talking to the dead. Seems like a nice enough guy

[@marktwiggs797]

Lmfao your so on point

[@heidibetweenjewelryandjob7811]

It’s so disturbing how he talks about his crimes as if they were just something that happened.

[@trudimartin]

I’m amazed how fast this trial has gone.

[@sunnyann7]

I wish prosecutor had asked him what purpose would be served by the 'monsters' even coming to the house much less ordering him not to say anything or report anything about Mother's death and just leaving the house like that. It makes no sense. And how could he flee leaving her at the bottom of the stairs like that? If nothing else he's a lying, narcissistic coward who is going away for a very long time.

[@illywolf4558]

And why did have guns and use a dumbbell and knife from home and took what?

[@annebosworth7048]

Exactly.. not one bit of emotion from him while discribing his mother's death in fact he probably enjoyed recalling it

[@felicityholmes9072]

@@annebosworth7048 He actually chuckled a couple of times during his testimony.

[@barbara2002]

Yes I agree. Why didn’t he call his family to warn them? His whole story makes no sense.

[@CDMButterfly]

If he was going to jail the next day anyway, why not call the cops when his mom "got murdered" and tell them everything?

[@trudimartin]

It’s a good job his story is so unbelievable because the prosecutor is terrible. When someone keeps saying “OK” it sounds so bad.

[@richieadams6701]

She annihilated him in a way. Like you said, there something about her just leaving it with "....OK!"

[@copperspartan1643]

Sometimes less is more. It was so preposterous she just had to let it hang there.

[@chrisrose6859]

Equally, ending every sentence with a snappy 'Correct?' is just as bad.

[@midnightrun2764]

@@richieadams6701Thats one of the reasons I find these trials so interesting. A lot of these trials, necessitate the viewer to adjust to regional language styles. I remember one I watched from New England, & WOW! That was different! The prosecutor seemed to be using slang, but it was just a speech type! Take care!…🤟🏼

[@yvettepz01]

The math ain’t mathing. So people are out to get HIM because of what he’d done but killed his mom in front of him and left him unharmed??? So he went off the grid instead of keeping his family safe?? GUILTY.

[@Beelzybud]

He's describing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as the "monsters".

[@Ashley__Rose]

Wow his mom paid all that money to bail him out, went through the trouble of re mortgaging her home and taking him in so he would have a place to live, and he repays her by killing her. What an absolute piece of scum.

[@midnightrun2764]

Definitely NOT a “gentleman ,” as he so nonchalantly referred to the murderers as, in his narrative! He’s something else! I hope his brother, his “x,” & kids are doing well, now that this monster is where he belongs! 🤨

[@katelynn58]

He’s testifying because He just wanted to talk about himself, and so far I’ve only heard his pre-murder “I got game” and “I’m not a guy” chatter. And yes, this is the weakest prosecutor I’ve had to endure. Painful.

[@Kimmy234L]

💯🎯..Totally Agree with you...He's a Psychotic Narcissist...he cannot demonstrate any Empathy for his poor Mother, his family, or her friends.

[@CindyM372]

Spot on!👏👏

[@lardariushines2965]

first off you asked who is at your door dont just open your door and what bad guys knock on a door no emotional breakdown on telling how his mom was murdered. why would they do that to the mom makes no sense,

[@jacqueschneider4687]

This is just like alex murdaugh, evil only needs greed and lies, deception, and i guess murder is next

[@illywolf4558]

And Leticia the evil stepmom who murdered Gannon. Her stories are movies in the waiting. This guys stories were made up as he sat on the stand. F for effort at best. Must be trying to get a mistrial. Will say he wasn't given a fair trial due to a crappy legal representation. No lawyer would let their client do this, and ruin his career. There is not a human alive that would want him to represent there case anywhere ever, for nothing.

[@mea1831]

Completely out of the Murdaugh Playbook!! Clearly he, nor his attorney, saw the coverage because had they, they wouldn’t have let him rattle on. It sealed Alex’s fate and it will his as well, IMO.

[@Ashley__Rose]

The prosecutor is even trying to be like Creighton Waters 😂

[@Ashley__Rose]

@@illywolf4558 a defendant taking the stand is their right and a lawyer can NOT prevent them from doing so

[@Mags7760]

​@@Ashley__Rosedefinitely nothing like creighton waters..he's the best prosecutor I've ever seen..he was just brilliant unlike this prosecutor!

[@kimberlylaughner5067]

And they still let him ramble on even after telling him answer yes or no 🙄 Prosecutors object

[@AirQuotes848]

😏🙄

[@melistasy]

He's digging his hole

[@Iliketocommentonshit]

So cocky. It will not work out well for him

[@looking4things669]

I bet he loved hearing in open court that it took him 5 tries to pass the bar.

[@bettyechols6405]

He described the murder as he committed it. When a victims face is beaten like that it's personal.

[@margaretlumley1648]

And this, kids, is why we never let a defendant testify! 😅

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

Especially one who thinks he is smarter than everyone. Good thing we didn’t need the prosecution to make him look bad; he did a fine job himself.

[@John-kv7jo]

5:21:12 Duping delight. He's lying through his teeth. :)

[@christinalynch1676]

His version of his mothers death is about as believable as leticia stauch’s versions

[@patricialk4996]

This man is crazy. Why would they kill his mother and not even punch him in the face? What a lying piece of crap. Guilty!

[@kimberlylaughner5067]

Why is prosecutor letting him go off on tangents? She should be objecting

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

Maybe coz the more he rambled and tried to sound so noble and self sacrificing, leaving to save his family (no need to warn them of the “danger they were in🙄) the more we all rolled our eyes. Jury was probably the same.

[@mystique4eva990]

Thank God this man's story of two gunmen is so frickin unbelievable, because this Prosecutor sucks! Her cross was not done well at all, he gave her everything with that crazy story but she really dropped the ball imo. This was a strong case for the Prosecution, and made stronger with his new story. I just think this female Prosecutor wasn't that good throughout this trial, especially this cross.

[@ddcath]

Agreed! After she asked him about him lying here and there to save himself, she didn't follow this up with questions like 'isn't it true, that you were the one who bludgeoned your mother with your dumbell, stabbed her, and left the knife stuck on her face,???' I believe the jury need to hear these type of questions. You're absolutely right, lucky his side of story was unbelievable. And his demeanor, I can't see how he pled to be innocent and yet not even moved with this horrific description of his mother's death, and to have it happened in front of him?? Even the female investigator held back her tears when presented with the broken knife.....

[@traveltm]

Maybe she’s new. She wasn’t very good at explaining to judge why should be allowed to ask certain questions once the defense objected

[@fld9201]

I, for one, believe his story. Let's not forget that Eduardo, who abducted and murdered Gannon Stauch, is still out there. I think he did this crime too!

[@genamar832]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jedidine]

Egguardo* lol

[@Nasdaqbaby]

Could be Quincy brown and his Buddy?🤷‍♀️

[@T-London]

Your all wrong! It’s the pregnant lady with the belly full of cash.

[@Nasdaqbaby]

@@T-London 😂

[@SSHEMS11]

I guess his ex wife and kids are now in immediate danger for their lives now that he told the whole world just to save his own skin. 😂

[@khalilahlewis2950]

This case is giving me Georgia's Alex Murdoch.

[@Janski06]

Omg what a load of lies..... he murdered his mum end off. Cold Calculated and totally sadistic man 🤬

[@DaDanceMom]

dude had a gun but put it away and picked up a dumbbell.....uh huh

[@sarahhoward6891]

Annnddd this again is why you keep silent!!

[@mea1831]

💯 %!!!

[@angelanew72]

So no other defense than defendant’s word. No “Ring” footage, no DNA, nothing?

[@kimberlylaughner5067]

Omg what a story 🤦🏻‍♀️ Blatant and obvious lies

[@bettyechols6405]

He's so condescending to the prosecutor..he convicted himself with that testimony

[@sharontolbert1112]

On a lighter note, If I had a dollar for every time the Medical Examiner said, “Umm” I could pay off student loans lol

[@karinnel7137]

I cannot believe that he thought anyone would believe this nonsense!!!

[@SnozberriesTasteLikeSnozberrys]

My "dear mother", disgusting listening to him lie. The arm up on the side, without moving the WHOLE testimony. he's trying to signify a body language of some one who is relaxed and calm.

[@rosaspanjol673]

He’s a lawyer?…so,he knows how to defend himself….he killed his mom?…what a monster 😣!

[@larrybrown4032]

He would've been best to not take the stand. I'm not believing him right now.

[@jennzimmer8407]

Agreed, but it seems many narcissists like to testify on their own behalf thinking their story HAS to be believed because they are obviously the most clever person in the room. Typically it never bodes well for them in the end.

[@larrybrown4032]

I just can't imagine being that narcissistic. I also can't believe the jury believing this story. Lol

[@victoriabrown7566]

prosecutor’s cross was weak. so many unasked questions. this man killed his own mother .. prosecutor should have been much more aggressive to this “monster”

[@lorricannon189]

This Prosecutor wants to rebut a letter that the Defense has but doesn't know under what section of the Law? I think she needs to do some pro- bono work or study more as it seems like she doesn't know the proper codes or sections to use. It wouldn't hurt to watch some high profile cases & learn from them either. Maybe where this is being held doesn't deal with much murder cases but still that's no excuse. Thank heavens the defendants ludicrous story is such as they might have had reasonable doubt although I don't. If his Mother had life insurance let's say $500,000 then it would double if she was murdered. He figured he'd serve his 15 years on his financial fraud case then get out live in his Mother's house of sell it collect a million dollars & use $500,000 to pay back his victims & still have $500,000 left over. What a pathetic son this sweet lady stood by him through all his troubles & this is how he pays her back? They will love getting there hands on him in prison it won't be the fun life he was living off of on other people's money. No one will be there to put money in his prison acount to buy stuff bc he murdered the only woman he could always count on like most Mothers! Make his Mother fly high with the Angels & be in a happier place. Ontario, 🇨🇦 ❤

[@cristysanders4660]

Ummm I'm sure a 6th grader could tell a better made up story than this guy. To imagine he pounded her head with a weight and stabbed her till the handle broke off. He's speaking in 1st person

[@saraterrazi]

The cross examination is terrible 😵‍💫

[@looking4things669]

Imagine defending this creepy killer? I don't know how his lawyers tell their tall tales to defend this monster without snickering.

[@DaDanceMom]

I wonder what kind of demands the "killers" would have sent to a dead woman's phone.....

[@girlfriend126]

defendants testimony is givingggg... anthony todt. gotta love when guilty defendants take the stand 😆

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

Yeah that patronising confidence in their BS, that they can spin it and be believed is seriously arrogant when it’s so obviously fake. This guy spent ages conning Medicaid though, and his clients in his law firm; not to mention his wife, kids and mom. He probably figured he has skillz 🙄

[@Bama32]

The prosecutor couldn’t even take the hint the judge was throwing her when she told this witness to stop rambling? (I am paraphrasing, judge was poised and professional) I expected the non responsive space on my bingo card to be marked off in the first 2 mins of questioning. This man is so abhorrent. He graduates from stealing from the elderly to murdering the elderly yet has the nerve to refer to the mother he murders as a Steel Magnolia? And so rehearsed it was laughable. Also laughable, he claims his probation officer granted him the privilege of breaking curfew for his warehouse job that he’ll be giving up for prison in 14 days yet he wasn’t granted the ability to leave early for his disabled child’s neurology appointment? I bet he didn’t even request it. I’ve got 2 hours left to go in this clip yet my eyes have rolled so hard that I’ve got Forrest Whittaker eye so I think I’ll skip to cross exam if it’s happened yet. This disgusting virtue signaling testimony does nothing to sway me from the facts presented. The jury will have no problem in rendering a timely unanimous verdict.

[@kristen2919]

God, he has NO EMOTIONS seeing all that horrible stuff to the women that brought him into this world. It's just sad. He also was asked why he took his mothers car..... OUT of ALLLLLL the things that just happened at that time you think of your mothers car has more gas AND IS EASIER TO SLEEP IN? WHAT???????? BUT then you said you filled your mothers gas tank up... Why couldn't you have done that to YOUR OWN CAR??? This dude is a lier.

[@lilbitsleepy2574]

Love how he glossed over the house he and his wife owned with dodgy evasions like “it was gone” and how his wife “wanted to rent” without explaining why he let the mortgage lapse for 6 months until it would foreclose and how he lied to his wife about making repayments. This is a guy fighting to not be seen as a vile murderer of his mother, but he can’t even be honest about his previous lies and manipulations. He even glossed over his previous crime as if he was surprised by the extent of all the things of which he was accused. Pathetic. He can’t even be honest about that, and he surely isn’t honest about the way his mom died.

[@kyliejones8827]

Cold, detached narcissist.

[@julievarshock3963]

Verdict should come back quick. Murderer

[@Lwah0812]

They just put up the diagram of Shirley’s autopsy and it made me cry while looking at it even before they started talking about it. How in the world can a person do this to their mother? ESPECIALLY since by all accounts she was a wonderful person and mother. It would be easier to understand if she had been abusive or something, still heinous, but easier to understand. She was the only person to stand beside him through all of this This case makes a strong argument against given someone “time to get their affairs in order” before being taken into custody. At they very minimum they need to be placed in a minimum security detention center to accomplish this. Some place that they still have access to everything they need to get everything settled and have open visits with loved ones but still under security where they can’t commit murder and flee. On another note, does anyone else think the fanciful font used on the letterhead of the diagram is out of place?

[@slim7435]

I'm just curious how the judge feels after letting him walk, instead of sending him to jail right then!!!

[@frankiesmom7703]

He states there were no more victim's. Yes, there were, his Mother.

[@Intelmom017]

The DA isn’t helping herself by being so sarcastic and confrontational. It makes her look unprofessional. She should take the emotion out of it.

[@CoriAlexis93]

The absolute lack of emotion he had while telling this awful STORY that happened to his mother is very telling. Love that the judge had to step in and ask him to stop giving a narrative multiple times. If I’m sitting on that jury, I’m seeing right through this guy. He very casually worked all of the evidence into his story about the dumbbell and the knife handle breaking, all without a single tremor in his voice. Imagine witnessing what he described happen to your mother, and then telling the story for the first time and how your demeanor would be.

[@ChrisPBacon-vk7sj]

He's a lawyer, that is how they make a living. If they get even slimier, they run for office.

[@mea1831]

Yet the crime scene investigator, who didn’t know Shirley, tears up. It says a lot about him.

[@adriannes294]

My thoughts exactly

[@midnightrun2764]

….sans one 😢! What a piece of work! I love the part where he infers that he was OH SO involved in his daughters appointments! Yeah right you were! 🤨

[@sabineliebehenz4492]

Waiting on autopsy details which will show that the fantasy monsters were indeed him.

[@peacelovemusic3400]

In the words of Marcia Brady….. ”Sure, Jan.” 🙄

[@rosedl750]

Alex Murdaugh number 2, what a big liar this guy is. Nice try Mr. Merritt 😅 it’s not going to work for you lol. If you thought about your kids, you could have gone straight to them to protect them

[@kimberlylaughner5067]

Another Alex Murdaugh 🙄

[@AWICKEDVIXEN1999]

Y is he stealing if his firm was successful hmmm

[@Ashley__Rose]

Idk ask Alex Murdaugh. Answer: pure greed.

[@marktwiggs797]

He is the worst story teller EVER

[@matthewcarlton5693]

This is insane!

[@nycgurl_7834]

If someone doing that to my mom pistol in back or not im gonna try to do something to help her. Screw that smh

[@marktwiggs797]

WORST PROSECUTOR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GK-qt6vh]

This man must be related to Alex Merdough, the wife and son killer!

[@DaDanceMom]

Sso he knew they might go after his family but did he head to them to warn them?? Nope, saves himself...screw the family

[@slim7435]

Does anyone know why he killed his mother, this is just a terrible awful horrific thing to do 😢😢😢

[@brucemunro7499]

See ya... Wouldn't want to be ya...

[@lardariushines2965]

did anyone notice the stenographer was steamed shes liked hes such a liar.

[@LPS-mh8kx]

This guy’s story makes as much sense as a Christmas tree in July.

[@midnightrun2764]

You know, just watching the court officers attending during all these court hearings, arguments, & attempts by various attorneys to have certain evidence admitted or denied entry, I wonder how much they learn. I bet a lot!..gotta appreciate those dudes!

[@TheAzSilk]

He is the monster

[@tonik1341]

During the murdoch trial I asked the question... I wonder how many attorneys steal from their clients... Well this one answered my question to that so did he!!!! I wonder how many others are out there?? By his testimony he can give a s**t less about his mother. Guilty as charged!!!!

[@sabineliebehenz4492]

That guy is a real story teller.

[@jasminstewart-ebben9947]

He is a real Bad story teller!

[@illywolf4558]

5:14:44 this is where the most believable story I have ever heard , so revelling and emotional, you can't be serious if you think he is guilty. Nobody can tell the details of the "bludgeoning " of his mother so callously. And the items used are typical of gun wielding monsters. They didn't shoot ,somehow he uses a "dumbell" and left the basement ,went to the kitchen and returns with a knife, all the while still holding his gun as monster number 2 ,I guess waited with the lawyer for monster number 1 to maybe ransacked the home for valuebles. If you think this living son who has to stop himself from laughing while on the stand describing the horrific incident. This poor lady didn't pay 40 Thousand dollars to bail out her son . Well at least back in the jailhouse he will get what he deserves, They have KZbin in the system facilitys.

[@AirQuotes848]

He sure does tell horrible lies Logically impossible

[@drcarlsberg3658]

Is it just me…, or does the son look a lot like Toby Flanderson from the Office?

[@Lisa-xl6gv]

He killed his mother.

[@Intelmom017]

Her voice is obnoxious enough as it is without adding the sarcasm when questioning the defendant.

[@eyeclan2332]

Awful judge.

[@jackiecruz843]

The cross examination was brilliant, he lie's throughout his testimony. He only cared about himself. Jury has to find him quilty.

[@sabineliebehenz4492]

If Id see 2 guys in the night with hoodies and guns in their hands in front of my door, I’d open the door as well. They were gentlemen and asked to be let in.

[@jessicabreen2961]

Dude has to throw in as absolute much as possible something pertaining to him being either a lawyer in life OR when he was in law school such as "when did y'all get married" answer: "I graduated law school in 99' and we married a week later" AND "what type of lifestyle were y'all living" answer: "blah blah blah going to neighborhood cookout or going to some type of lawyer event" it's non stop!