Matt Gutman

And they moved in to execute the case.

And they've been on the case pretty much from the start.

And the D.A.

reminds us that this investigation is still ongoing.

But the D.A.

so far has expressed confidence that they will be able to prove the charges and that their evidence will hold up in court.

These special circumstances in the case elevate a first-degree murder charge to a higher level of severity, meaning if convicted, David could either spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole, or if the DA so chooses, they can go for the death penalty, obviously very hard in California to do.

And the DA said that at some point in the near future, they will decide about that death penalty.

Okay.

So the special circumstances here, there are three of them.

And I'm just going to read.

There's murder of a witness.

That's one.

Murder for financial gain, two.

And lying in wait.

And

The murderer for financial gain and witness, these two go hand in hand.

Basically, the state is trying to claim that Celeste was killed in order to prevent her from speaking about her sexual relationship.

Let's take a listen to Hockman here.

You're saying he knew, you're saying he was premeditated that he knew he was going to murder her on that day and that you have evidence to prove that?