Conrad Roy III's Father

And she's supposed to be his friend.

While the prosecution presented Michelle Carter as an attention seeker, the defense portrayed her as a victim who was taking antidepressants for her own mental health issues and was in no shape to help a suicidal friend.

The defense called an expert witness, psychiatrist Dr. Peter Bregan, to the stand.

He testified the antidepressants that Michelle was taking impaired her judgment.

Bregan also testified that he believed Conrad was in control of the relationship and that he used the vulnerable and depressed Michelle to help him die by suicide.

The biggest hurdle for the defense, it seemed, was Michelle's admission of guilt to her friend Sam.

But on one hand, you're saying she didn't think he was going to get back in.

She wanted him to get help.

Then on the other hand, though, you're saying that she was kind of had sort of succumbed to, okay, I'm going to help him.

He should do it if he wants to do it that badly.

Right.

She was all over the place.

She was both.

As for Michelle's alleged motive, that she was an intention seeker, Cataldo says the prosecution got it all wrong.

Does Michelle know how bad she looks to people who don't know this side of the story or who are not seeing it this way?

The trial was winding to a close.

Each side would get a final word.

And then, the judge's dramatic ruling.

Coming up...

After six days of testimony, both sides had their final say.