Travis McMichael testified that he shot Ahmaud Arbery following a pursuit because the jogger grabbed his gun and 'it was a life-or-death situation'
From CNN’s Devon M. Sayers and Alta Spells
Attorney Frank Hogue filed a motion on behalf of his client Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, asking the court to issue a directed verdict of acquittal on five of the nine charges brought against the men. William Bryan’s attorney, Kevin Gough, joined in the motion. The attorney went on to argue that there was no causal link between the remaining eight charges . According to Hogue, there was also no justification for the felony murder charges in counts 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the indictment, because the charges were not directly connected to the underlying felonies of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and criminal attempt to commit a felony in counts 6, 7, 8 and 9.
State prosecutor Linda Dunikoski rebutted the claims by Hogue and Gough, arguing that all the defendants were parties to the accused crimes and that if the men had not been using their pickup trucks to try and confine and detain Ahmaud Arbery, he would still be alive.
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