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In that durango. in was no stick. there was no bat. there was no lead pipes. there was no gun. what was in that durango -- >> sunny, let me leave you with this. we're expecting a verdict here in this case probably today. it's been a fairly quick trial. if this is an acquittal, how big a decision will this be for the community? the it doesn't have the wassage zimmerman did. benefits somewhat from being the snekd a line of these cases in some places but what do you think happens if dunn walks? >> it is going to be significant. i can tell you that while i've been in the courtroom, there have been...

Much more than people think. let's bring in legal analyst sunny hostin joinsing us from jacksonville. sunny, the first point, sitting in the courtroom, tell us, looking at that jury what do you think resonating for the prosecution and the defense? >> reporter: i can tell you, chris, that closing arguments both from the prosecution and the defense were very, very strong yesterday. the jury was paying wrapped attention, but the big moments of the day did come when assistant state attorney john guy gave his rebuttal closing argument. he's a very passionate advocate. we saw that in the zimmerman c...

Affirmative defense, which means she has to help prove something. it's not like she can sit back and say the state has to prove the case against me. she's raised this defense, which clearly gives a burden to her. and i saw a little bit of that, but very little in terms of that other than her testimony, which unfortunately has zero credibility. >> jose, let me ask you this. you and i go back to the beginning of the casey case. we've had lots of conversations, many on the record, you know the press and many in the court felt that your client probably had a terrible accident and that little child...

It's all designed to make what is already an incredibly difficult decision that much harder. >> you can say it's a whole host of laws that say we don't trust women to make a very important personal decision about their lives, and one of the things that the supreme court recognized in roe and again 20 years ago in the casey case was women need to be able to make these decisions, and it's part of their constitutional right to do so. >> we know that there are only four states that have one surgical abortion clinic left. i think that is for a lot of women or men and women in this country who under...

Question. this state-based restriction that doesn't say we're restricting abortion, just makes it more difficult, more burdensome, does this end up in the supreme court? if so, what does the law tell us about the likelihood of this being upheld? >> absolutely it could end up in the supreme court. the center for preproductive rights is challenging the law in question. it gets filtered through the undue burden standard. in the casey case in 1992, the supreme court enunciates in this a joint opinion, and basically the undue burden test says prior to viability, you cannot place a substantial on sk...