Jury Still Out in Quoizel Wilson Murder Case

MERRILY CASSIDY/CAPE COD TIMES POOL First Assistant District Attorney Michael Trudeau gives his closing arguments to the jury in the Quoizel Wilson murder trial.

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First Assistant District Attorney Michael Trudeau gives his closing arguments to the jury in the Quoizel Wilson murder trial.

BARNSTABLE – The jury is still deliberating in the Quoizel Wilson trial at Barnstable Superior Court.

Wilson is accused of first degree murder in the 2010 shooting death of Trudie Hall of Nantucket and of dumping her body in the woods in East Falmouth.

Hall was reported missing in late July 2010 and her body was found almost two years later by a man walking his puppy near the Hayway Road water tower in the Hatchville section of East Falmouth.

Jurors heard 35 witnesses over four days in the prosecution’s case. The defense called just one witness, a state police trooper who questioned Wilson in the days after the crime.

Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases just before lunchtime on Wednesday and jurors began deliberations that afternoon.

They continued all day Thursday.

MERRILY CASSIDY/CAPE COD TIMES POOL Defense attorney Robert Galibois presents his closing argument to the jury.

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Defense attorney Robert Galibois presents his closing argument to the jury.

Yesterday morning, jurors sent a message to Barnstable Superior Court Judge Gary Nickerson that they wanted to listen to the taped recording of Wilson’s interview with police.

Wilson’s mother and sister are in court every day watching the trial, as are Hall’s mother, stepfather and siblings.

Judge Nickerson instructed the families that there is to be no emotional outbursts during the reading of the verdict.

The jury must decide unanimously in order to convict Wilson on any of the three charges. In addition to first degree murder, he is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a firearm, and improper disposal of a body.

Jurors will continue their deliberations beginning at 9 a.m. this morning.

By LAURA M. RECKFORD, CapeCod.com News Editor



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