Kamaronte Jones’ public defender said today that the scene at a Wichita party last August was too chaotic to yield enough evidence to convict the 18-year-old of murder.
Sedgwick County public defender Mark Orr told jurors this morning that witnesses called into court this week will tell too many differing stories to find Jones guilty of first-degree murder.
But C.J. Rieg said that while party-goers scattered after seeing Keith Fritter Peters fatally shot just after midnight on Aug. 26, enough stuck around to give police a detailed description of the shooter. Enough details, Rieg said, to prove premeditation.
Following are excerpts from the opening statements Rieg and Orr gave to the jury this morning:
For the state:
For the defense: