((HT: KWWL-TV))
The only items left on the checklist in the Mark Becker murder trial are closing arguments, deliberation, and a verdict in the murder of Aplington-Parkersburg ((IA)) head football coach Ed Thomas last June.
Tuesday, the last rebuttal witnesses were presented by the prosecution to combat the "expert witness" testimony of the defense.
Psychiatrist Doctor Michael Taylor agreed with every other expert witness- that Mark Becker is a paranoid schizophrenic. But both prosecution experts insist that medical diagnosis falls far short of legal insanity under Iowa law.
"He did have sufficient mental capacity to know and understand the nature and quality of his acts," Taylor said. He based his opinion on Becker thorough attention to detail in the search for a weapon to kill Thomas, and finding out where Thomas was that morning.
The process begins again Wednesday morning...
Jamie Grey got to do a noon live shot outside in the cold...
Here's coverage from KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids as well...
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