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Closing arguments begin in trial of Madison man accused in toddler's killing

A Madison man accused of killing a 20-month-old baby girl and abusing the child’s mother was found guilty Friday evening on all charges.

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jury that they'll come back at the end of the case during closing arguments to argue how they proved case beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecution will go first, the defense will then have the option to give an opening statement by new york law. they're not required to give an opening statement. but assume in this case, of course, that they are going to give an opening statement and they're going to be confined as the any arguments that they can make as well. >> of course both sides have different narratives and it's the tail of who gives the best narrative for this jury. what i'm curious to see, who will be the first to witnesses that the prosecution calls, because today it may be the day right after opening statements that they called it first witness and of course, the list of witnesses, the list of players in this case is really intriguing to say the least. so you have the former president and presidential candidate a porn star, a playable, a former playboy model. the national enquirer is former publisher. and of course i, trump's former lawyer and fixer, who went to

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jail over the hush money payments. how soon do you think the first witness will be called? and who do you consider to be the star witness for the prosecution? >> well, the first witness is going to be called today, given any delays that may occur, highly doubt that it will be able delay till tomorrow. sorry, in terms of who's going to be the star witness? yes. people say is michael cohen? yes. people stay is stormy daniels. but really the witness is going to be the documents. those are want to be the most important pieces of evidence and the witnesses in this case against donald trump. and of course, michael cohen because michael cohen is going to lay out, give a narration as to why these documents are important, why the other witnesses are important, and technically, at the end, or the other witnesses are going to be corroborating what michael cohen says and eventually at closing arguments to prosecutor is going to be able to argue, look, michael cohen, he said what he said yes, he has his baggage, but he can be believed y because x

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challenged with three, felony counts of falsifying business records we know the opening statements will happen monday, both sides trying to lay out their case for the jury and preview any evidence what can we expect? >> so today it's gonna be very energizing day. i'm sure that both sides on pins and needles because they know that all eyes are walking them. but what we can expect today is the opening statements. and again, i say statement because it's not arguments. so the prosecution is going to be very limited in terms of what they said so the prosecution's going to lay out, set a preview of what they expect the evidence to show, tried to give a preview to this jury layout of how they're going to present the evidence, and then they'll remind the jury that they'll come back at the end of the case during closing arguments to argue how they prove the case beyond a couple doubt, the prosecution would go first, the defense will then have the option to give an opening statement by new york law. they're not

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doubt that it will be able to delay till tomorrow. >> sorry, in terms of who's gonna be the star witness? yes. people say is michael cohen? yes. people stay is stormy daniels, but really the witness is going to be the documents. those are going to be the most important pieces of evidence. and the witness in this case against donald trump. and of course, michael cohen because michael cohen is going to lay out given narration as to why these documents are important, why the other witnesses are important and technically, at the end, all other witnesses are going to be corroborating what michael cohen says and eventually at closing arguments, the prosecutor is going to be able to argue, look, michael cohen, he said what he said. yes, he has his baggage, but he can be believed why? because six corroboration to show that he can be believed& will ask this jury to find a form. us president guilty of these 35, 34 counts of falsifying business records. >> we were just showing some of those people that who who could

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they're donald trump's friends. on the defense side, you'll probably hear a version of, try to keep an open mind. the evidence is not all in. we don't have the burden. just sort of the standard fair, but you're not going to see anything as flashy, anything as dramatic, as exciting as we're going to see during closing arguments. this is only going to be a preview, and it will not take the entire day at all. >> interesting. >> you know, as danny said, in mob cases, there are jurors that will tell the judge they're afraid for their safety and want to get off. he said this isn't exactly like that, but, really, it is in many cases, in that a lot of the jurors are fearful of repercussions if they're in on a jury that's impaneled that rules against donald trump. i mean, because they want their names -- the judge trying to keep the names from getting out there, but, over time, this is

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

expectations. when i do my opening statement, i want to tell them the baseline of what i can do to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. later on in the trial my goal will be to exceed expectations. i want to stand up in closing arguments and say i did all the things i said i would do. here are additional things you didn't even see coming, that i blew this stuff out of the park. i think 40 minutes may seem short. yes, this case has some complicated parts, but the prosecutors will put this out as a streamline narrative. i think 40 minutes will be enough time to set the stage for their case. >> as far as defense strategy, caroline, we know that michael cohen's credibility as a witness is expected to be targeted by the defense. but would they do that in opening statements? >> yeah. they absolutely could. they could say listen carefully to the witnesses that the prosecution puts on the stand. listen to how they've changed their stories. stormy daniels, i think they'll likely go to her changing her

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Trump on Trial New York v. Donald Trump

share and at that point, it was michael cohen who paid her $130,000 to keep her story silent. david pecker in realtime, we are being told from inside of the courtroom, is now taking the stand and he is being sworn in to testify for what could be for a number of days, andrea. >> and chuck, this opening statement, it was supposed to be a statement with just facts, no argument. that's why it's called the opening statement. it's closing arguments. but chuck, at this point, how do you explain all the objections we saw? it sounded to me some of those statements were, the prosecution's case is a lie. >> well, if the defense lawyer is saying that the government's case is a lie, that would be argument and it would be impermissible. it's hard to know why all these objections were made. it's possible that the defense team was beginning to cross a

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Alex Witt Reports

they have to avoid it? >> great question. they are called opening statements and closing arguments. you are actually not permitted to argue in your opening statements. what you can do is lay out the road map. what you expect the evidence will be but you cannot, for example, say, i want to argue the inferences that you will be able to draw from the evidence. you have to say that for closing arguments. >> on his way out of court yesterday, donald trump was asked about his plans to testify. let us take a look at the moment. here it is. >> what you testify? >> yes. >> there he put it, plain and simple. could his attorney stop him if he really wants to take the stand? >> reporter: there are no sure

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