Day 3 of the Carly Gregg Murder Trial recapped

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Day three within the Carly Gregg Homicide Trial has wrapped up, with the teenager’s protection attorneys formally resting their case.

The jury heard from 4 witnesses introduced ahead by the protection. These have been a juvenile, Gregg’s stepfather, Heath Smylie, Deputy Tony Shack, and Psychiatrist Dr. Andrew Clark.

The protection began with the juvenile and Gregg’s stepfather.

They then moved on to Deputy Shack and offered his physique cam footage to the court docket from when he drove Gregg again to the scene.

On this footage, you see when officers fastened her handcuffs and Gregg asks about her stepfather.

Gregg: “Is my stepdad okay?”

Deputy: “I don’t know, child. I can’t speak to you about that proper now. Are you okay?”

Gregg: “Yeah, I’m high-quality.”

Deputy: “She don’t even find out about her mother.”

The protection drilled the deputy as a result of he muted his physique digital camera whereas speaking to different members of legislation enforcement whereas on the scene, however he claims he strictly mentioned a “personnel concern” whereas his physique cam was muted.

They then moved on to Dr. Clark who performed a psychiatric analysis on Gregg after the incident.

He identified her with Bipolar 2 dysfunction after that.

In accordance with Dr. Clark, Gregg advised him her reminiscence went clean when she acquired residence through the taking pictures, and the following factor she remembers is when the deputy picked her up.

The teenager’s medicine was switched from Zoloft to Lexapro every week earlier than the incident, however the physician says she didn’t make the swap correctly.

Dr. Clark testified that the medicine made Gregg’s temper swings worse the day of the taking pictures and that she was listening to voices.

Dr. Clark says after viewing the house footage of the incident, it was regarding for him.

“One drawback is, you understand, after I noticed the video of the kitchen at 4:10 within the afternoon, you hear the shot she is available in, she seems to be to me to be cool and picked up and unemotional. I might have anticipated, had she panicked, that she could be fairly agitated and emotionally aroused. I didn’t see that in any respect.”

The physician was then requested by the prosecution if Gregg was not conscious of her actions, however he mentioned he didn’t have sufficient info to find out if the medication change made her do what she is alleged of.

We might see extra witnesses and proof on day 4. The Decide did inform the jury if the case is completed by tomorrow and if they’re requested to come back to a verdict, they are going to keep on the courthouse till a verdict is reached.

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