The Defense Begins; Zamora to Testify Tomorrow Chronology Video Index Zamora's confession Graham's confession Feb. 2 Update Feb. 3 Update Feb. 4 Update Feb. 5 Update Feb. 6 Update Feb. 9 Update Feb. 10 Update Feb. 11 Update Feb. 12 Update Feb. 16 Update Feb. 17 Verdict The Aftermath David Graham's Trial (FORT WORTH, TEXAS - Feb. 9) As Diane Zamora's murder trial entered its second week, Zamora's defense began its task of defending the former Navy midshipman against her four separate alleged confessions heard in court last week. Defense attorneys began their case by first calling forensic scientist and crime scene reconstruction expert Edward Hueske to the stand. Hueske testified that he would have Feb. 9: Forensic scientist Edward Hueske during direct examination by the defence used better methods to preserve the evidence from the murder scene and more efficient tests on the blood found in the car driven by David Graham during the incident. (The defense was trying to use Hueske's testimony to bolster its theory that investigators handled the murder case sloppily.) The defense also called Naval Lt. Comdr. Patrick McCarthy, who questioned Zamora at Annapolis after she allegedly had confessed the murder of Adrianne Jones to her two roommates. McCarthy explained the Naval Academy's procedure for investigating students and searching their rooms. The Naval attorney also testified that Zamora told him that she had lied to her roommates about her involvement in the murder. McCarthy told the court that Zamora was fully aware of all her rights and that he had explained all the procedures to the investigation to her. Judge Joe Drago III: The presiding judge in the Zamora trial Another witness called by the defense was Dr. Scott Kasden, who performed reconstructive surgery on Zamora's left hand months before the Jones's murder. Zamora was involved in a car accident in September 1995 in which her left hand was almost crushed. Pins and wires were inserted into Zamora's hand, which was practically useless to her after the accident. Dr. Kasden said that at the time of Jones's murder in December 1995, Zamora's hand was still swollen and weak and was kept bandaged. The defense tried to use Kasden's testimony to imply that Zamora's left hand was took weak to have been used in the attack on Jones in the car. (Zamora allegedly smashed Jones's skull with a dumbbell during the attack. It is debatable whether she actually used her left hand.) However, during cross-examination by the prosecution, Dr. Kasden admitted that Zamora is right-handed and that her right hand is her strongest hand. This implied that Zamora could have either used solely her right hand to hit Jones or she could have used both her hands to swing to dumbbell at Jones. The final witness called for the day by the defense was David Pearson, a criminal defense attorney in Texas. Pearson testified that he contacted the defense to tell them that there was reason to believe that Detective Alan Patton (the investigator who took Zamora's alleged confession and read it aloud during court proceedings on February 3rd) had been untruthful about the case. However, during cross-examination by prosecutor Michele Hartmann, Pearson admitted that he has never met Patton and that he does not know him personally. Court recessed after Pearson's testimony. Diane Zamora is likely to take the stand tomorrow in what may be her best chance to save herself from a murder conviction.