![]() ![]() “In a state of psychosis so severe, he did not know what he was doing was wrong. “When he took their lives, he was in a grip of psychosis,” Moore told the jury. Moore’s opening statement alluded to multiple trips to psychiatric hospitals and Routh being diagnosed with many possible mental illnesses as a reason why the defendant thought Kyle and Littlefield were trying to kill him and not help him. While the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt Routh intentionally committed the murders, the defense must prove with a preponderance of evidence he did not know right from wrong in order to successfully argue insanity. ![]() Routh pleaded not guilty and his attorneys will seek the insanity defense trying to prove he did not know right from wrong when he killed the two men. “He texts Chad Littlefield, sitting next to him, he text him, ‘This dude is straight-up nuts.’” But defense attorney Tim Moore said Kyle texted Littlefield something which will be argued throughout the trial. A few times she wiped away tears, but she mostly talked proudly and confidently about her husband, how he saved people’s lives as a sniper, and his desire to help other veterans once he returned to civilian life after four tours of duty.ĭuring opening statements, attorneys for both sides said nobody knows what may have been said on the approximately 90-minute drive out to the gun range or in the moments leading up to the shooting. “He wanted to be able to give credit to others,” said Taya on the motivation for the book.Īt one point during her testimony, Taya said she was not nervous, but her voice was cracking because she was emotional. She said he did not want to write the book, but given his number of confirmed kills, someone was going to write the book about him eventually. In a jam-packed courtroom with some media members watching through a feed in an overflow courtroom, Taya told the jury about Chris’s life, military background, and their family. ![]() He was very good at his job,” said Taya Kyle about her husband whose service and record as a Navy SEAL sniper is now documented in the Oscar nominated film adapted from Kyle’s autobiography. STEPHENVILLE, Texas (KXAN) – Over the last week, attorneys in Eddie Routh’s murder trial have worked on finding the 12 best jurors in Erath County who could be impartial, putting aside what they have seen, heard, and read about Chris Kyle and the “American Sniper” story.īut the very first witness told them exactly who he was. ![]()
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