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Woodburn tells jurors they have to assign weight tonal the evidence they've heard. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:05:38 PM
Woodburn reminds jury of wiretap which had Kale Gabriel rapping to his children. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:07:04 PM
Wiretap was made in 2012, 2 years after Ryan White was shot. Gabriel raps: "I wouldn't change nothing, I'd still pull the trigger." #nscourt

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:10:34 PM
Woodburn says for it to be self defence, jury has to believe Gabriel felt he was in grave danger and had to defend himself. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:10:55 PM
Woodburn quotes rap: "I wouldn't change nothing. I'd still pull the trigger." #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:12:04 PM
Woodburn: "In our society you don't go out in your front yard and hunt humans." #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:15:06 PM
Woodburn says a reasonable person in this circumstance would have picked up the phone and called police. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:15:06 PM
Woodburn says putting friends in front of him as human shields shows Gabriel was expecting a shooting. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:15:58 PM
Woodburn says Gabriel had a duty to stop and call police, not head towards an armed confrontation. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:16:42 PM
Woodburn says every step Gabriel tool towards confrontation was a step away from argument of self defence. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:17:29 PM
Woodburn says in crown's submission, White did not have a gun in his last confrontation with Gabriel; Gabriel was the only one armed.

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:20:25 PM
Woodburn says Gabriel kicked White in the head to bait him into coming after him so he could shoot him in self defence. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:21:19 PM
Woodburn says jury must be careful with Randall Samson's testimony because of his history. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:22:14 PM
Woodburn says Samson gave a statement to police and then he was given money to relocate out of the region and return for trial. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:23:37 PM
Woodburn says there were some things wrong with Randall Samson's testimony but "not a lot." #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:24:31 PM
Woodburn says witnesses saw Gabriel wearing sweatpants that night but he insisted he was wearing jeans. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:29:32 PM
Woodburn says the reason for the clothing discrepancy is that Gabriel had to be wearing jeans to support his story of gun in waistband.

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:30:56 PM
Woodburn says gun was more likely in pocket of hoodie Gabriel was wearing. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:31:50 PM
Woodburn says three witnesses and firearms expert all said gun was revolver, which corroborates what crown says. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:33:00 PM
Woodburn says Randall Samson's testimony about the shooting corroborated by coroner and firearms expert. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:35:00 PM
Woodburn: "You don't have to be 100% on all of Randall's evidence" to believe what he said about the shooting. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:38:57 PM
Woodburn says coroner's evidence suggested gunshot was angled down into Ryan White's chest. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:40:32 PM
Woodburn says White was bent over when he was shot, two crown witnesses say so. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:41:37 PM
Woodburn says self defence argument should fail because there's no evidence Gabriel used force; he claims it was an accident. #nscourt a

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:50:17 PM
Woodburn asks jury: "If you put a gun to someone's chest and pull the trigger, what do you think will happen?" #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:51:27 PM
Crown finishes closing arguments. #nscourts

by Blair Rhodes via twitter 2/16/2016 7:52:33 PM