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under no circumstances can it ever be argued that there wasn't deliberate attempt with that weapon you've got to
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pull the trigger for separate times to fire those shots doesn't just go off does the fact that there were four shots
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as opposed to say one or two indicate anything to you yes it does it's important because when you fire shots of
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that nature with that weapon one shot is likely to produce a fatal outcome unless
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the recipient of the shot is very very lucky can you describe the sequence of bullets for us that led to raver's death
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the first shot which struck Reaver hit her in the thigh the second shot hit her in the upper arm just above the elbow
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and blasted the big bone the third shot or fourth shot hit her in the right Temple now it's absolutely crucial that
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the state can show not only that that was the sequence but that there was a delay
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in the shooting why is that delay important because it then can be argued that Riva after the first shot in the
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hip would have cried out thus dispelling any notion that Oscar would have had of
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it being an intruder so how does this weigh up against the defense's ballistic evidence well the defense really want to
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have the shots fired in very rapid order so that there would be no chance of her
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crying out one of the off's arguments is that police bungled the initial crime scene investigation a crime scene should
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be managed very tightly that was just so absent but in your opinion this will not
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impact on the case I don't think it will have an outcome on the final decision of
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the judge and I think it's always going to be an issue for Oscar why he fired the shots at somebody that he could not
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identify behind a closed door who was providing no imminent danger to him that is the real question which the court is
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going to have to Grapple with was he justified in firing their shots