I think Baez is absolutely wants to put on a defense. I am just not sure who he can put on the stand.
He may try to play up the THC found in one of the victims. But it is really pretty meaningless. I bet a hundred guys in that club that night had THC in their system. It does not mean that any of them did a bad drug deal with AB.
But he has to dirty up AB. I am not sure how much leeway the judge will give him towards that. I am sure he can find plenty of ****gs willing to come testify to help AH though. They just need to say that AB was known to rip people off and make people mad etc. I wonder if he will go that route?
They can try to dirty up AB but no matter how bad they make him look, they're never going to be able to explain away AH and AB being together that night in a car, AB is shot and left for dead, and AH isn't bothered by the fact that his good friend is missing or what happened to him. How can the defense explain that away?