And early in the disease, what symptoms
have you personally witnessed?
Exhaustion, dizziness, the inability to
hold down food,
loss of weight would be the most visible
symptom.
Later in the disease?
A friend of mine,
I I gone to college with him, he went
blind
and then he got pneumonia.
Have you Have you ever heard what it
sounds like when somebody is drowning?
That's what he sounded like
for 6 weeks.
You have been diagnosed with AIDS, is
that correct? Yes.
What do you hope for?
A cure.
And if one does not come along soon
enough?
Hope I'll be lucky enough to find
someone who will help me commit suicide.
No more questions. Your witness.
Mr. Curry,
who pulled the trigger on the gun?
Answer the question, please, Mr. Curry.
Me.
Did Mr. Holland have his hand on the gun
at all?
No.
No more questions, Your Honor.
You may step down, Mr. Curry.
Your Honor, on the basis of new
information, the defense would like to
call an unscheduled witness,
Detective Michael Logan.
Mr. Stone?
No objection, Your Honor.
She has very good sources.
I'd like to know who they are.
Do you swear to tell the truth and
nothing but the truth, so help you God?
I do. State your name. Michael Logan.
Your Honor, I would like Detective Logan
treated as a hostile witness. So noted.
Tell the jury your profession, please.
I'm a detective with the New York City
Police Department.
Detective
Logan.
Shortly after this trial began, did you
have a conversation with Assistant
District Attorney Ben Stone about this
case?
Yes, I did.
Tell us the substance of your
conversation.
I'd like to answer that, Judge.
Yes, you do, Detective.
Answer the question, Detective.
Mr. Stone said that he thought
continuing the prosecution seemed like
revenge to him.
And what was his solution?
Mr. Stone directed myself and Sergeant
Greavy to find a reason for him to drop
the charges against Jack Curry.
Will the defendant please rise?
On the first count of the indictment,
the charge of murder in the second
degree, how does the jury find? Not
guilty.
On the second count, the charge of
conspiracy in the first degree, how does
the jury find? Not guilty.
On the third count, manslaughter in the
first degree, how does the jury find?
Not guilty.
On the fourth count, the charge of
criminally negligent homicide, how does
the jury find? Not guilty. On the fifth
count, promoting a suicide attempt, how
does the jury find?
Not guilty. On the sixth count, reckless
endangerment in the second degree, how
does the jury find?
Guilty.