11-29-2011, 03:51 PM
The Hartford Courant
November 29, 2011
NEW HAVEN—
The day before Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky committed the deadly Cheshire home invasion, the parolees broke into two other area homes in the middle of the night to steal as the residents slept.
In a chilling audiotaped confession played for jurors in court Tuesday, Komisarjevsky described how in one home he and Hayes were "goofing around" with a knife Hayes took from a kitchen butcher block.
Prosecutors brought Cheshire Police Det. Joseph Vitello back to the witness stand Tuesday as their first rebuttal witness, following the defense attorneys' announcement that they were finished presenting mitigating evidence. The penalty phase was in its 20th day of testimony. Early Tuesday afternoon, the prosecution also rested its case. Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue said closing arguments — two hours for each side — likely would be made on Friday.
thankfully. that poor jury.
November 29, 2011
NEW HAVEN—
The day before Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky committed the deadly Cheshire home invasion, the parolees broke into two other area homes in the middle of the night to steal as the residents slept.
In a chilling audiotaped confession played for jurors in court Tuesday, Komisarjevsky described how in one home he and Hayes were "goofing around" with a knife Hayes took from a kitchen butcher block.
Prosecutors brought Cheshire Police Det. Joseph Vitello back to the witness stand Tuesday as their first rebuttal witness, following the defense attorneys' announcement that they were finished presenting mitigating evidence. The penalty phase was in its 20th day of testimony. Early Tuesday afternoon, the prosecution also rested its case. Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue said closing arguments — two hours for each side — likely would be made on Friday.
thankfully. that poor jury.