COURTNEY BLETHEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Naveed Haq, 32, is escorted out of his trial at King County Courthouse for a lunch break Thursday.
Naveed Haq, 32, is escorted out of his trial at King County Courthouse for a lunch break Thursday.
Nahida Haq, mother of Naveed Haq, sits with defense attorney C. Wesley Richards.
KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMESShooting victim Dayna Klein breaks down while testifying in King County Courthouse at the trial of Naveed Haq, Monday, April 21, 2008 in Seattle.
DAN DELONG / APLayla Bush, 24, describes how she says Naveed Haq displayed a handgun upon approaching the receptionist at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, while testifying at the King County Courthouse in Seattle on Wednesday. Haq is accused of entering the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and opening fire, killing one woman and wounding five on July 28, 2006. Bush was shot twice and needs a cane to aid in walking.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Closing arguments begin in Naveed Haq murder trial
P-I STAFF
Closing arguments have begun in the trial of the man accused of killing a woman and wounding five others at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's downtown office.
Attorneys started addressing the King County Superior Court jury Thursday morning, after five weeks of testimony.
Naveed Haq, a 32-year-old Tri-Cities man, has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
King County Superior Court jurors will have to decide whether the July 2006 shooting rampage was premeditated or whether Haq was unable to tell right from wrong.
Jurors heard conflicting testimony from mental health experts.
Testifying for the prosecution, psychologist Robert Wheeler said Wednesday that Haq planned the shooting and even adapted his actions to overcome anything that might get in his way.
Closing arguments begin in Naveed Haq murder trial
P-I STAFF
Closing arguments have begun in the trial of the man accused of killing a woman and wounding five others at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle's downtown office.
Attorneys started addressing the King County Superior Court jury Thursday morning, after five weeks of testimony.
Naveed Haq, a 32-year-old Tri-Cities man, has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
King County Superior Court jurors will have to decide whether the July 2006 shooting rampage was premeditated or whether Haq was unable to tell right from wrong.
Jurors heard conflicting testimony from mental health experts.
Testifying for the prosecution, psychologist Robert Wheeler said Wednesday that Haq planned the shooting and even adapted his actions to overcome anything that might get in his way.
Haq lied to his mental-health counselor when asked if he had access to guns and, on his way to Seattle, stopped to test-fire the weapons to learn which was easier to shoot with one hand, Wheeler said.
THIS TRIAL IS NOT OVER...
