Weldon Boyd

Do you believe any reasonable man would have been in fear for his life?

And in your words, why did you shoot when you shot?

Because I had no other option.

Other than what?

There was nothing else I could do.

I couldn't, I can't retreat.

I can't get out.

I'm there.

I am going to make this abbreviated.

You'll be happy to hear, okay?

But there are some things that I do think are worth mentioning and I would like for you to take with you when you leave the courtroom.

The old law on malice used to say he was a guy who was devoid of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.

And that's what happened.

If you want to get down to why this happened, he caused it.

His fault.

Self-defense, self-preservation is an instinct that comes from the gut.

You got it, I got it, everybody in this room's got it.

The great buck on the hill, mightiest in the woods and the forest, if he hears the snap of a twig, he's gone.

He's not gonna let trouble get him first.

It was so relieving to hear somebody else come to that same conclusion, to someone else to say, it's not credible.