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The rest of the prosecution's case went by in a blur of nightmarish days. Cutter called witnesses to show that she had hated Matt Bergstrom, to imply that she had framed him for murder, and to describe how she had stabbed him in the neck and stood over him with the knife as his blood flowed onto her floor. With every word of testimony uttered, the jury's stares grew fiercer and more horrified.

Of course, Jack's cross-examinations were great. But since most of the witnesses were telling the truth, as far as they knew it, since she had hated Bergstrom and she had killed him, at this stage of the trial there was little they could do.

Finally, Mike Cutter told the judge, "The prosecution rests."

Jack and Abbie had spent every second since she'd gotten out of jail preparing their case. They had only two witnesses- Abbie, to tell the truth about how Bergstrom had attacked her and she'd killed him in self-defense, and Jack, to show that she'd been afraid of him when she found out he was out of jail, and to rebut the prosecutions accusations that Abbie had been out to get Bergstrom.

"Your Honor, for our first witness I'd like to call myself to the stand," Jack said.

"Objection!" Cutter nearly screamed.
The judge considered the question. "Mr. McCoy, if you're your own witness, who will question you?"

"Ms. Carmichael can. I have case law, in Carsoon v. United Food Products the court ruled that an attorney can be called as a witness."

"But that was a civil case, and the attorney was also a codefendant!" Cutter protested. "Your Honor, in People v. Smith and Keely v. United States, it was ruled that an attorney could not testify in a case they're trying."

The judge considered. "I think this issue could go either way, but I'm going to sustain that objection. Mr. McCoy, I don't want any of your theatrics and I know if I let you testify this will turn into a circus."

"Your Honor, if we lose this is grounds for appeal," Jack said.

"Mr. McCoy, I've made my ruling and if you continue to argue with me I'll hold you in contempt. Call your next witness."

"The defense calls Abbie Carmichael."

TBC

I completely made up the cases and the law here.

I know this is incredibly short and I skipped most of the trial. I was stuck with this story for a while, so I decided to just skip the unnecesary parts, and this chapter is basically transition. I should have the next chapter up soon, I'm going to work on it now.