IA - Shirley Carter, 68, shot to death, Lacona, 19 June 2015 *Son Arrested*

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 32m32 minutes ago
Time for Christine Branstad's closing statement. @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 30m30 minutes ago
"This was a case built against Jason Carter rather than a case to solve the crime and all the clues." Defense Attorney Christine Branstad says. @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Laura Barczewski‏Verified account @LcBarczewski 30m30 minutes ago
Branstad started her closing statement. #StateVsCarter @WHOhd

Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 25m25 minutes ago
"Does any of this look like someone who's trying to cover up a murder … or trying to find answers?" Branstad says. "The state asserts Jason Carter had all the answers but Jason Carter was looking for answers." @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 22m22 minutes ago
Branstad asserts that law enforcement didn't follow up on leads. @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 7m7 minutes ago
"The state has asked you to accept the improbable." Branstad says. @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 1m1 minute ago
Branstad: You could just as easily build a case against Bill Carter in the death of his wife Shirley. "If you focus on any one person, you can build a case against that one person." @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 2m2 minutes ago
Some of what defense attorney Christine Branstad says the state got wrong. @KCCINews #statevscarter #iacourts

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 3m3 minutes ago
Branstad hits that state didn't test clothing @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Laura Barczewski‏Verified account @LcBarczewski 1m1 minute ago
Branstad said after Jason Carter was arrested, "No one gets interviewed for a year," and says it was an unjust investigation. #StateVsCarter @WHOhd

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 8m8 minutes ago
"This isn't just paperwork, it's a failure to follow leads and to follow real evidence," Branstad says. @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 3m3 minutes ago
"How in the world does the state make a motive to kill his mother when he won't inherit anything" -- Branstad says Jason Carter's financial straits were nowhere near as dire as the state makes them out to be. @KCCINews #iacourts #StateVsCarter

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 10m10 minutes ago
Branstad done. Ed Bull doing rebuttal. @KCCINews #iacourts #statevscarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 2m2 minutes ago
"We can follow down the rabbit holes, or we can keep our eyes on the prize." Bull says re: defense arguments. @KCCINews #iacourts #statevscarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 57s57 seconds ago
Rebuttal over. Final jury instructions being given. Time for the jury to eat lunch -- and to deliberate. @KCCINews #iacourts #statevscarter

 

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Laura Barczewski‏Verified account @LcBarczewski 4m4 minutes ago
#BREAKING: Closing statements are over. Jury will start deliberating soon. #StateVsCarter @WHOhd

Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 4m4 minutes ago
If jury hasn't reached a verdict by 4:30, jury will reconvene sometime tomorrow morning, Judge Brad McCall says. @KCCINews #iacourts #statevscarter

 

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Laura Barczewski‏Verified account @LcBarczewski 3m3 minutes ago
#StateVsCarter: Jury left the court room. Deliberation begins after they finish lunch. @WHOhd

 

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Kyle Ocker‏ @Kyle_Ocker 30m30 minutes ago
Arguments have concluded. Judge has now finished instructions. Sounds like there are not lesser-included charges in the instructions.

That means the jury can only find that Jason Carter is either guilty or not guilty of first-degree murder. They can not lower the charge.

 

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Boy - a few Verdict Watches today!!!

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 10m10 minutes ago
BREAKING: We have a verdict in the #StatevsCarter trial. Stand by. @KCCINews #iowacourts


Kyle Ocker‏ @Kyle_Ocker 9m9 minutes ago
Jason Carter holding hands with wife Shelly Carter as we prepare to reconvene in the courtroom. Waiting on judge and jury yet. #StateVsCarter

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 7m7 minutes ago
Jason Carter waits to hear his fate. @KCCINews #iacourts #StatevsCarter

Kyle Ocker‏ @Kyle_Ocker 3m3 minutes ago
The jury retired to deliberation room around 12:30 p.m. today, where lunch was waiting on them to eat and begin discussing the case. The call that there was a verdict came in around 2:30 p.m. #StateVsCarter


Laura Barczewski‏Verified account @LcBarczewski 2m2 minutes ago
#BREAKING: Everyone is back in the court room. #StateVsCarter @WHOhd

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 2m2 minutes ago
All rise. Here we go. @KCCINews #iacourts #StatevsCarter


Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 2m2 minutes ago
BREAKING: Jason Carter found NOT GUILTY of killing his mother Shirley back in 2015. @KCCInews #iacourts #StatevsCarter


Kyle Ocker‏ @Kyle_Ocker 2m2 minutes ago
The jury has found Jason Carter NOT GUILTY of first-degree murder. #StateVsCarter

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 2m2 minutes ago
BREAKING: Prosecutor Ed Bull reacts to not guilty verdict in #StatevsCarter case @KCCINews #iacourts

(video clip: Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter )

Kyle Ocker‏ @Kyle_Ocker 45s46 seconds ago
Prosecutor Ed Bull after the not guilty verdict was read. #StatevsCarter

(video clip: Kyle Ocker on Twitter )

 

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Wow.

I was not expecting that.

 

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Wow.

I was not expecting that.

me either

 

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Chris Gothner KCCI‏Verified account @CGothnerKCCI 3m3 minutes ago
Jason Carter reaction to verdict #StateVsCarter @KCCINews #iacourts

(video clip: Chris Gothner KCCI on Twitter )

 

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I hope we get to hear what caused their doubt.

 

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I hope we get to hear what caused their doubt.

They needed a video of the murder???? you know, like the jurors in Florida...

 

[Niner]

WOW! Is right - was NOT expecting that one! Only 2 hours of deliberations?? I guess they ate their lunch and took a vote...

 

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Oh - and here I was going to ask you for a sentencing date.... free to go....

 

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Jason Carter acquitted of mother’s murder

March 21, 2019

"...An emotional Jason Carter embraced his wife Shelly Carter in the courtroom during a brief and emotional media gathering following the verdict.

Later, Jason Carter stopped in a stairwell to thank his defense team, led by Christine Branstad.

He had a message for law enforcement: “Do your job.”

“Bring the people who did this to justice,” Jason Carter said."

Jason Carter acquitted of mother’s murder