Local News

cbs4denver.com Showcase

Plastic Bottles Have Some Concerned More

No Receipts? No Problems For One District Hottest Male Athletes Top 10 Smartest, Dumbest Dog Breeds Keep An Eye On Mother's Day Forecast

• May 8, 2008 3:24 pm US/Mountain
• Digg | Facebook | E-mail

  Close WindowE-mail This Page

  Closing Arguments In Trial Delayed, Evidence Found

  Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

  ---

  • Recipient E-mail:* 
  • • Your Name:* 
    • Your E-mail:* 
  • Add a Message:
  •   Send me a copy of this e-mail.

  • Type the characters in this picture:* Click here to refresh with new letters

  ---

  The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

  Send E-mail

  | Print

Closing Arguments In Trial Delayed, Evidence Found

Reporting
Karlyn Tilley

Lawyers are expected to make their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a man accused of killing two people, including a witness who was scheduled to testify against him. The delay came after new evidence was discovered.

Sir Mario Owens could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2005 shooting deaths of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe.

Each side will have 2 1/2 hours to make final arguments before jury deliberations begin. The judge wants the arguments to happen all in one day. They'll start Friday morning at 8:30 a.m.

Closings had been expected to start Thursday but the judge pushed them back because of the amount of time required and the new evidence.

A car initially taken into custody by police for a different crime was somehow lost until earlier this week. Investigators found it sitting in their impound lot. Owens was allegedly in that car during a different crime, so the defense says there wasn't adequate time to prove or disprove whether it was related to the Marshall-Fields murder.

The defense argued Thursday morning that it didn't have enough time to process the evidence and asked for mistrial. The judge denied that request.

Marshall-Fields was to testify against Owens and another man in a separate shooting death. Owens was eventually convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in that case.

Wolfe was Marshall-Fields' fiancee.

(© MMVIII CBS Television Stations, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)