Hours of testimony about the chain of custody on evidence in the Desmonte Leonard murder trial were given on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
Detective Jude Hackett with the Auburn Police Division testified about the evidence collected from the June 9 crime scene at University Heights, now known as Tiger Lodge, apartment complex.
Leonard is charged with the capital murder of three people that night.
Hackett went through each item of evidence including a Glock-22 .40 caliber handgun, several unbroken Corona beer bottles and a broken bottle of Seagram's liquor that Leonard defense claim was used as a weapon against him.
Hackett also pointed out where the evidence was found on a map of the University Heights complex.
Leonard is claiming he acted in self-defense when he fired his gun that night.
"I paint a picture of the facts as I find them. I did not approach it from [a self-defense] angle," Hackett said.
Photos of Leonard taken on June 12, 2012, the day he turned himself in to police, were submitted into evidence that showed no self-defense wounds besides superficial scratches, according to the prosecution.
Defense attorneys motioned for a mistrial claiming they lacked information on a piece of evidence, a bullet recovered from John Robertson who was shot in the head but survived.
Prosecutors rebutted the bullet was never entered into evidence, and Judge Jacob A. Walker denied the motion.
Anna-Claire Terry contributed to this report
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