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Law.com: 'Inflammatory' Closing Leads to New Arson Trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29) |
 | | Barry opened her majority opinion by quoting a portion of Clancy's Sept. 10, 2002, closing argument: "Standing here knowing what date today is I am very, very reluctant to use the term I'm going to use, but, frankly, I think this defendant warrants that term, and that term is terrorist. |
 | | Barry noted that Newcomer, the prosecution's key witness, testified that on Christmas Eve, 2001, Moore had awoken her and asked her to drive him to a location he did not disclose. |
 | | But Barry said that Newcomer had also testified about "the many ways in which Moore was physically violent, seriously injuring both her and her son." Newcomer's 13-year-old daughter, Brittany, also took the stand and testified that Moore punched, kicked and choked her after she refused to sell drugs for him. |
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