0:04 may it please the court Council
0:06 Council
0:07 and you
0:17 this is a case
0:24 the prosecutor just got it before you
0:27 and talked about choices
0:28 but ladies and gentlemen I want to
0:31 redirect your attention from the choices
0:35 they claim the Danny Dawson make
0:38 to the choices that these prosecutors
0:40 have made today
0:44 members of the jury they've taken a car accident
0:45 accident
0:47 and they haven't chosen to call it
0:49 reckless driving
0:50 they haven't chosen to call it manslaughter
0:52 manslaughter
0:56 they've chosen to call an accident
0:57 a murder
1:00 and when they made that choice they
1:03 assumed a very heavy burden a burden
1:05 that throughout the entirety of today's
1:08 trial is going to stay squarely on this
1:11 table and never once move over to that one
1:12 one
1:15 this burden of proof is to convince all
1:18 of you that an accident is the same
1:20 thing as a drunken murder
1:23 not until it's possible
1:26 or probable or likely or more than
1:29 likely they have to lift the weight of
1:33 fact until you're convinced Beyond A
1:35 Reasonable Doubt
1:37 ladies and gentlemen of the jury there
1:41 are too many unanswered questions for
1:43 you to make that call today Pew to
1:46 convict Miss Dawson
1:49 it doesn't take 20 reasonable doubts or
1:54 ten or five folks all it takes is one
1:56 but we the defense are going to present three
1:57 three
1:59 three important questions we hope that
2:01 you keep in mind throughout the day's trial
2:02 trial
2:07 question number one what happened during
2:09 the police investigation
2:12 both sides have agreed have stipulated
2:15 that a black box that's supposed to
2:19 record how fast a car is going in this
2:21 case a black box that's supposed to
2:24 withstand impact of a plane crash
2:26 was destroyed
2:30 in a low-speed car accident
2:31 we're going to call an Accident
2:34 Reconstructionist to the stand an expert
2:37 witness named Leslie Roman and what Mr
2:39 Roman will discuss to you today
2:41 he said that investigation
2:43 investigation
2:51 show a police force that is now part of charge
2:52 charge
2:55 that's simply too high that there's too
2:58 many questions that the field sobriety
2:59 test you heard the prosecutors just mentioned
3:00 mentioned
3:05 may not have even happened at all
3:07 that's going to lead us to our second
3:10 question how much did Danny Dawson truly
3:13 have to drink Nothing questions
3:17 folks we admit it Danny Dawson did drink
3:20 alcohol and then drive a car we're not
3:21 going to hide that from you
3:24 in fact we're going to call the
3:26 bartender who served those drinks to the
3:28 wit stand
3:30 the bartender Jordan James will explain
3:32 to each and every one of you
3:36 that he's seen customers that are too
3:38 drunk to fly a kite
3:41 sober enough to fly a plane
3:43 and when he saw Danny Dawson leave the
3:46 bar that night he was convinced as he'll
3:47 be convinced
3:50 Annie was fine to drive
3:54 so if Danny was was fine to drive
3:57 why was there that swerving crash that's
4:00 the third question is there a reason
4:02 an explanation
4:04 when Danny Dawson crashing that car
4:06 we're gonna call it eyewitness to the
4:09 stand named London Bennett Mr Bennett
4:12 saw the whole accident take place right
4:15 on his front porch and he's going to
4:16 tell you that before the accident occurred
4:17 occurred
4:21 he saw his dog run off towards the road
4:23 just a little after that dog ran off
4:26 towards the road all of a sudden that
4:29 car parked swerves and jerks back and
4:32 you'll have to think to yourself is that
4:35 the action of a drunken murderer
4:37 what was Danny Dawson just trying to
4:39 avoid something that got in the car's path
4:41 path
4:43 ladies and gentlemen of the jury the
4:45 prosecution talked for so long about
4:48 choices he's right the choice in this
4:50 case though is not the prosecutors
4:53 not any of their Witnesses not mine
4:55 it's yours
4:57 after you hear all the evidence we'll go
5:00 back to our lives as will of a as will
5:02 all of you but today
5:06 I miss Danny Dawson's one day in court
5:09 we're going to ask you to find her not guilty
5:10 guilty
