suppress the fingerprint on the tissue paper, which Hadley argued was surprise testimony; to admit Dr. Zimmer's conclusions about the defendant's mental health.

Hadley had lost all six arguments.  Judge Paul's ruling on Cheryl Clafler's testimony was the defense's first—and last—victory of its kind.

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Eagan still had a brief roster of rebuttal witness.

The custodian of records for the Orange Country medical examiner testified that a ring with a clear stone was noted on Eunice Zeigler's left hand, and that "a white metal ring with two hearts, a white metal multi clear stone ring, earrings with a green leaf and red berries, and a bracelet and a Timex watch" were removed from Virginia Edwards.

But under cross-examination she told Hadley that she found no reference to two antique diamond rings on Eunice's right hand, and that no money was recovered from Eunice, Virginia, or Perry Edwards.

The insurance agent Russ Courtney testified about his conversation with Ted Van Deventer immediately after the memorial service, to which Eagan had referred in his cross-examination of Van Deventer.  According to Courtney, he asked Van Deventer, "Ted, did you recommend all that insurance?"to which Van Deventer replied, "No, Doug, I didn't know anything about it."

Four witnesses, including Robert Thompson, testified to Charlie Mays's good character.

Eagan ended his rebuttal after little more than an hour. The defense had no surrebuttal, and Paul sent the jury home.  That afternoon, the judge and the two attorneys decided the exact wording of the charge sheets that the juries would be given when they began deliberations.

Paul said that in a capital case he would not impose a time limit on closing arguments, but he wanted to know how long each intended to speak.

Eagan said he had never argued for as long as an hour.

"I will make a bet with you now you will argue for more than an hour," Paul told Eagan.

"I probably will in this case," Eagan said.

"I am like Bob," Hadley said.  "I have never argued in my life for an hour.  I've had a couple that were thirty or forty minutes that seemed to be awfully long at the time, but there is a lot to this case."

Paul asked them: Did they think they would be finished by tomorrow afternoon?

They both said yes.  Within a day, their case, and Zeigler's fate, belonged to the jury.