Jason Cote enters Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan for a pretrial hearing on Dec. 7. Cote is charged with killing Ricky Cole in Detroit in 2013.
Defense attorney Stephen Smith makes a point during a pretrial hearing for defendant Jason Cote in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Dec. 7.
Justice Andrew Horton presided over a pretrial hearing for defendant Jason Cote in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Dec. 7.
Assistant Attorney General Leanne Zainea consults with a state police detective during a pretrial hearing for murder defendant Jason Cote in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Dec. 7.
Murder defendant Jason Cote sits in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Dec. 10 on the first day of trial where he is charged with killing Ricky Cole in 2013.
Assistant Attorney General Leanne Zainea holds a pipe as evidence that will be used in the murder trial of defendant Jason Cote accused of killing Ricky Cole during the first day of Cote’s trial in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Dec. 10.
Defendant Jason Cote, right, listens to court proceedings with one of his attorneys Stephen Smith on Dec. 10 in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan.
Defense attorney Caleb Gannon holds a photograph of Ricky Cole, who was killed in 2013, during the first day of trial of Jason Cote of Palmyra in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Dec. 10.
Defendant Jason Cote, center, sits between his attorneys Caleb Gannon, left, and Stephen Smith during closing arguments in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Thursday.
Justice Andrew Horton gives instructions to jurors during closing arguments in the Jason Cote murder trial in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Thursday.
Attorney Stephen Smith, during closing arguments Thursday in Somerset County Superior Court, points to a photograph of Ricky Cole as he suggests his client, Jason Cote, was acting in self-defense when he killed Ricky Cole in July 2013. Cote is charged with murder.
Assistant Attorney General Leane Zainia holds a prop knife similar to the one belonging to murder victim Ricky Cole during closing arguments in the Jason Cote trial in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Thursday. Behind her is Justice Andrew Horton.
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