Couey's attorney Daniel Lewan and prosecutor Peter Magrino don't seem to have much love or patience for each other. The two have sparred throughout the day over witness testimony and the way physical evidence linking Couey to Jessica's murder has been presented.
Lewan has made numerous objections against Magrino's line of questioning. At one point, Lewan complained that Magrino was standing too close to the jury. "With all due respect judge, I'm below the rail," Magrino responded with a roll of the eyes and becoming visibly upset.
Magrino and Lewan don't engage each other directly but speak to the judge or to the court. Magrino, for example, has reminded "the court" several times that he and his colleague Ric Ridgway have previously provided the defense with all the evidence being presented at trial.
But Lewan keeps interrupting Magrino and insisting on reviewing every exhibit -- photographs, Jessica's purple dolphin, the trash bags in which she was buried -- that Magrino presents at trial.
Will tensions boil over? Stay tuned.
--Eddy Ramirez


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