11. A stream of defense witnesses, including some children she said had been molested, disputed her testimony. 12. Abramson also may have to deal with fallout from allegations during the trial that she ordered a defense witness to doctor his notes. 13. According to the letter, the defense witnesses that Chaviano asked to be called were not allowed to testify during the trial. 14. All expert defense witnesses are paid for their time. 15. But Akram reminded Hershfang that psychiatrist Ronald Ebert, a key defense witness, found that Booker suffered from depression, a major mental illness, last October. 16. But at the retrial, she did not call three defense witnesses who had testified at the first trial, according to trial transcripts and other records. 17. But the defense witnesses said they saw no indication of domestic stress. 18. Called as a defense witness, Fost said he had quoted Davis accurately. 19. Cheek and other defense witnesses said Cheek was trying to arrest Foster and shot him in self-defense. 20. Clark said prosecutors omitted the infamous slow-speed Bronco chase from the evidence submitted because it would have opened the door to a slate of sympathetic defense witnesses. |