Tex McIver’s fate will almost certainly be in the hands of the jury sometime this week.
The new episode of our Breakdown podcast, which went live early Monday, explores how McIver’s murder trial came to this pass — the weeks of prosecution testimony vs. the days of defense testimony.
The state rested last week after calling more than 70 witnesses. Fulton County Chief Assistant District Attorney Clint Rucker at various times had a gurney with a mannequin rolled into the courtroom; he had a full-size replica of the interior of the McIvers’ Ford Expedition erected in court; he piled Tex McIver’s dozens of guns on a table in front of the jury; and he brought in a dummy with holes in the front and back – the same locations as Diane McIver’s entrance and exit wounds.
The defense, meanwhile, rested on…
