MR.
MR. THOMAS HAS SAID... HE KNEW THE CARJACKING WAS GONIG TO HAPPEN. HE 4@WATCHED THE RING O
PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. HE
WATCHED CHRIS LEAVE THE HOUSE.4@
BOTH THE STATE AND DEFENSE
GAVE OPENING STATEMENTS TODAY
IN THE ERIC BOYD TRIAL --
FOLLOWED BY TESTIMONY FROM
SEVERAL
WITNESSES. 4@
FOLLOWED BY TESTIMONY FROM SEVERAL WITNESSES. @
FOLLOWED BY TESTIMONY FROM SEVERAL WITNESSES. BOYD IS4@ ON TRIAL FOR TH
MURDERS OF CHANNON CHRISTIAN
AND CHRIS NEWSOM. THE
COUPLE WAS KIDNAPPED, RAPED
AND MURDERED IN JANUARY 2007.
FOU4@R OTHER PEOPLE WERE
ALREADY CONVICTED IN THE
CASE. LEGAL EXPERT AND INSIDE
TENNESSEE PANELIST DON 4@BOSCH
JOINS US NOW FOR AN ANALYSIS
OF WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT
TODAY.ONE OF THE PEOPLE
CALLED
CALLED TO
CALLED TO TESTIFY WAS ERIC BOYD'S COUSIN 4@ARIANNE MATHIS. IN A PREVIOUS TRIALS -- MATHIS
SAID SHE LET 4@BOYD BORROW HER
CAR AND DESCRIBED WHAT SHE
FOUND INSIDE.TODAY -- SHE SAID
SHE COULDN'T RECALL BEING
4@ ASKED ABOUT IT
BEFORE. SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU
WERE BEING TRUTHFUL OR
NOT?4@ PROBABLY NOT IF I WAS 4@READING
OFF THE PAPER.AS YOU SIT HERE
TODAY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER
YOU DID THAT OR NOT.RIGHT.AS
YOU SIT HERE TODAY YOU DONT'
RECALL WHETHER YOU LOANED THE
CAR TO MR. BOYD OR NOT.4@IT
COULD'VE BEEN
ANYBODY. INCLUDING MR4@.
BOYD?RIGHT.
4@4@4@4@4@
SO 4@4@4@4@4@
SO IN @4@4@4@4@
SO IN LIGHT @4@
SO IN LIGHT OF THIS TESTIMONY -- WHAT IT THE
4@4@
IMPACT 4@4@
IMPACT ON 4@4@
IMPACT ON THE 4@4@
IMPACT ON THE PREVIOUS TESTIMONY?4@DOES IT MAKE IT ADMISSIBLE IN THIS
CASE?
DURING OPENING
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
STATEMENTS 4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
STATEMENTS -- 4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
STATEMENTS -- THE 4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
STATEMENTS -- THE DEFENSE 4@4@4@ ADDRESSED THE CREDIBILITY OF GEORGE THOMAS.4@4@HE WAS ALREAD
CONVICTED OF MURDER IN THE
CASE.AND AGREED TO TESTIFY
AGAINST BOYD IN EXCHANGE FOR A
REDUCED
SENTENCE. DEFENSE: 10:31:55:18 GEORGE
THOMAS AT THAT TIME WAS TRYING
TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR THE
CRIMES HE WAS INVOLVED IN. AND
GEORGE THOMAS IS GOING TO BE
IN 4@THIS COURT ROOM AGAIN
TRYING TO ESCAPE 4@PUNISHMENT
FOR THE CRIMES THAT HE WAS
INVOLVED WITH." 10
THE
THE DEAL
THE DEAL WOULD REDUCE THOMAS'S SENTENCE TO A 50-YEAR PRISON
4@4@
HOW 4@4@
HOW IS 4@4@
HOW IS THOMAS'S CREDIBILITY GOING TO APPLY IN THIS CASE?
4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@
THANK @4@4@4@4@
THANK YOU @4@4@
THANK YOU FOR @
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON. YOU WATCH LIVE UPDATES
THROUGHOUT 4@THE TRIAL ON THE
NEW WBIR
APP. 4@ WE'RE ALSO LIVE
STREAMING THE TESTIMONY ON THE
APP, 4@WBIR DOT COM AND THE WBI
YOUTUBE
PAGE. YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW
ALONG ON TWITT4@ER WITH THE
HASHTAG BOYD