Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett is expected to spend most of today providing a review of the testimony given over the course of a seven-week trial for Jesse Norman Sweder, accused of killing Pierre Letendre in a gang-related shooting five-and-a-half years ago.
Once that's completed, the 11-person jury whose been hearing the evidence will begin deliberations on whether Sweder is guilty first degree murder in the Dec. 11, 2004 killing. Letendre's body was found on Norwood Street near 20th Avenue shortly after nearby residents heard shots fired.
Some 35 witnesses took the stand over the course of the trial, which began June 7.
According to testimony from a ballistics expert, Letendre was shot four times in the back with a nine-millimetre pistol, likely a semi-automatic, while a forensic pathologist determined that the death was due largely to one of the bullets hitting his aeorta, causing massive blood loss.
