Defense begins case in TDCJ murder trial
Published: November 18, 2009 09:16 pm
By Mary Rainwater
Huntsville Item Staff Reporter
CENTERVILLE — Defense attorneys began their case Wednesday in the capital murder trial of Jerry Duane Martin, bringing six witnesses to the stand to testify on the Sept. 24, 2007, escape of Martin and fellow Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate John Ray Falk from the Wynne Unit, which led to the death of TDCJ Officer Susan Canfield.
Defense attorney William Carter made his opening statement to the jury, which included an overview of the estimated 13-plus witnesses who were expected to take the stand.
“Our purpose will be to let you, the jury, know what officers on the scene did and did not do during the investigation,” Carter said. “And to let you know where every (TDCJ officer) was on the day of the escape.
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