Murder defendant Courtney Lockhart looks towards his mother during opening statements Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 in his capital murder trial in Opelika, Ala. Lockhart has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in his trial where he is accused of killing Auburn Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk of Georgia. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Sean McQuade testified Monday at the capital murder trial of 26-year-old Courtney Lockhart.
Prosecutors say Burk was abducted in her Honda Accord that night and shot by Lockhart when she attempted to escape the car. A medical examiner, John Daniels, testified that he performed an autopsy on Burk and determined she died within minutes of being shot in the back at close range.
Lockhart has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
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OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The second week of a trial is beginning for a man accused of kidnapping and killing an Auburn University freshman from Georgia.
The prosecution will resume presenting witnesses Monday in Opelika for the trial of 26-year-old Courtney Lockhart. He's on trial on capital murder charges for the shooting death of 18-year-old Lauren Burk of Marietta, Ga.. She was abducted from campus, robbed, forced to disrobe and then shot in the back left shoulder in 2008. An emergency room physician testified in the first week of the trial that she bled to death.
Lockhart has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
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