Defense rests case in Leon Ford trial; closing arguments set for Tuesday
Attorneys in the trial of Leon Ford are set to make their final cases to the jury Tuesday morning, after the defense called its final witnesses on Monday.
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Attorneys in the trial of Leon Ford are set to make their final cases to the jury Tuesday morning, after the defense called its final witnesses on Monday.
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This week, jurors in Leon Ford’s trial heard from some of the investigators who began following up on the killing of John “Mike” Crites more than a decade ago.
Leon Michael Ford is accused of killing his neighbor, Michael Crites, in 2011 over a land access dispute in the Birdseye area.
On Thursday, prosecutors and defense attorneys laid out their initial cases to the jury in the trial of Leon Ford, the man charged with deliberate homicide in the 2011 killing of John “Mike” Crites.