Defense Finishes Its Case in Yates Murder Trial
The defense rested its case in the capital murder trial of Andrea Yates, the Houston mother who drowned her five children in the family bathtub last summer.
Closing statements in the trial, now in its fourth week, were to begin today; the jury could get the case by midday.
Yates, 37, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. If convicted, she could face the death penalty.
The trial’s final witness, Dr. Lucy Puryear, testified for the defense that Yates did not know her actions were wrong until after she called police to her home June 20.
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