Stand your ground hearing in murder case concludes
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. -- A judge will rule next month on whether a local marine will stand trial for murder. Callie Adams is trying to use the stand your ground law to get immunity from prosecution.
She is accused of shooting her husband, Rodney Adams, outside a nightclub in 2011. Callie Adams claimed she only fired after her husband choked her and repeated punched her.
Prosecutors introduced the police interview and 911 calls from the night of the shooting in an attempt to show she did not fear for her life.
I was just trying to get him to stop hitting me, Adams told detectives in the video.
But Adams also testified he threatened to kill both of them during the altercation. A former JSO detective testified that Rodney Adams began the altercation.
Defense attorneys tried to use relatives and expert witnesses to establish that Rodney Adams had a history of abusing Callie Adams.
If she didn't have the prior history of being abused, then there would really be no basis for my testimony, said Dr. Harry Krop, a forensic psychologist based in Gainesville. But based on what's been reported and the reports of others, she has a pretty severe abuse history.
But late in the day, the prosecution called Rodney Adams mother to the stand. She initially was going to testify for the defense but has since changed her mind.
I would not lie for Rodney, but I would not lie for Callie either, said Loretta Adams.
Loretta Adams testified that the relationship between her son and daughter-in-law was combative and that she saw bruises and cuts on both.
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Stand your ground hearing in murder case concludes