11.   The defense claimed that Robinson leaped onto the counter and took a swing at a clerk.

12.   The defense claims the real culprit is a fugitive, indicted co-conspirator Abdelmajid Dahoumane.

13.   The defense would clearly claim a small damage award as a victory.

14.   The defense claims the gun went off unintentionally.

15.   The defense claims the shooting was accidental.

16.   The defense had claimed that the encounter between the two was consensual.

17.   Then as now the defense claimed the police bungled the case and planted evidence.

18.   This enabled the defense to claim later that the bloodstains resulted from deliberately planted blood.

19.   Additionally, the defense claims it has learned about potentially helpful evidence authorities had at the time but did not provide.

20.   As testimony was replaced by dueling news conferences Thursday, the defense also claimed that prosecutors are harassing and spying on defense witnesses, particularly science experts.