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David L. Copley Jr., 47, of Franklin, Indiana, denied a defense attorney's suggestion that he pointed a finger at James Higgason III because he wanted to protect the father of
David L. Copley Jr., 47, testified Wednesday he and 52-year-old James Higgason III beat three people to death Jan. 8, 1998, in Hammond to rob them of drugs and money.
The defense said the evidence would show David L. Copley Jr. and someone else killed three people in 1998, but it would not be clear that that someone was the
Jurors are expected to hear testimony this week from a man who told police he helped the defendant bludgeon three people to death in 1998 in Hammond.
"Don't let the defense twist you into thinking the victim in this case is Courtney Moss," a deputy prosecutor said. "Courtney Moss had a gun the whole time."