:16:02
Now, if the reason for the alleged
insanity is important to this case...
:16:06
then that is a matter
for a competent witness--
:16:08
an expert on the subject
of the human mind.
:16:12
What the defense is trying to do...
:16:15
is introduce
some sensational material...
:16:17
for the purposes of obscuring
the real issues.
:16:21
How can the jury accurately estimate
the testimony being given here...
:16:26
unless they first know the reason
behind this whole trial--
:16:29
why Lt. Manion shot Barney Quill?
:16:32
The prosecution would like to separate
the motive from the act.
:16:36
That's like trying to take the core
from an apple without breaking the skin.
:16:41
Now the core of our defense is that
the defendant's temporary insanity...
:16:46
was triggered by the so-called trouble
with Quill.
:16:49
And I beg the court--
:16:51
I-- I beg the court
to let me cut into the apple.
:16:57
Our objection still stands,
Your Honor.
:17:14
Objection overruled.
:17:22
Sergeant Durgo,
tell the court...
:17:25
how Lt. Manion described
the trouble his wife had with Quill.
:17:29
He told us that Quill
had raped his wife.
:17:32
Now, can you recall generally what
Lt. Manion told you about this rape?
:17:37
Yes, sir. He said he'd been asleep
right after dinner.
:17:41
He was waked up by some noise--
screams he thought.
:17:45
He got up, opened the trailer door
and went outside.
:17:49
His wife came running out of the dark
and fell into his arms.
:17:52
As you saw his wife in the trailer,
how did she look?
:17:55
She was a little hysterical.
She'd been pretty badly beaten up.
:17:59
She had big black bruises
all over her face and arms.