A jury of eight women and four men will start deliberating Friday morning in Erie County Court in the homicide trial of 31-year-old Rachel A. Kozloff.
The prosecution and defense ended their closing arguments at about 3:55 p.m. today, and Judge Shad Connelly adjourned the courtroom for the day. He said he will give the jury its instructions at 9 a.m. Friday, with deliberations to follow.
The defense in its closing argument characterized Kozloff as an abused and frightened girlfriend who acted in self-defense when she fatally shot her boyfriend, Michael Henry, 31, in April because he attacked in a rage whose origin Kozloff could not specify.
"She was forced to kill a man she cared for," Kozloff's court-appointed lawyer, Jamie Mead, said in his 55-minute closing argument. "No one wants to do that ... but she had no choice."
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