CNN CNN Special Report March 22, 2015 00:38:00
>> juries like motive, they want to know why someone did something, especially when they've done something that's alleged to have been as heinous as this one. >> a motive, no matter how trivial, would make the state's case stronger. prosecutors have already bolstered the case by upgrading the charges against co-defendants ortiz and wallace to murder. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> not guilty. >> charging of carlos ortiz and ernest wallace for murder really signals that this will be what's called a joint venture murder prosecution, where anyone who actively participates in the murder, c...