Dorothy Newell

Brian came in, then the judge.

And then similar to the Kohlberger plea hearing, for those who watched that, the judge made extra sure that Brian was sound of mind and understood what...

was about to happen.

And then it became clear that he was pleading guilty to something.

Yes, Your Honor.

So it's the two lesser charges, misleading the investigators and improper conveyance to the moving of a body.

Yeah, he's still heading to trial at this moment.

On the murder charge.

In fact, not long after he entered the plea, jury selection got underway.

Yes, they will hear about the pleas that Brian entered.

And some experts are saying that by taking responsibility for some of his actions, Walsh could be trying to establish some goodwill with the jurors and hope they find him guilty of a lesser charge like second-degree murder or manslaughter.

Then he might have a chance of parole way down the road.

That's the question on everybody's mind.

You know, the fact is, if his defense is going to be that it was an accident or self-defense or suicide, Brian would have to tell that story on the stand because he's the only one who was there.

And if he testifies, he faces cross-examination, and that could certainly be brutal.

So jury selection, of course, is still proceeding.

Have they made any progress?

The crazy thing is they made a lot of progress on the day that everything blew up.

On the day that Brian pled, they actually sat nine jurors.

All right.