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Defense experts dispute alcohol level, crash reconstruction in brothers' boating deaths trial
Attorneys to begin their closing arguments today
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Defense expert witness Phil Odom uses toy boats to describe impact angles and characteristics for the jury Tuesday on the last day of testimony in the state’s case against Paul Bennett. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Testimony concluded Tuesday in the trial of Paul J. Bennett, a boater accused in the deaths of two Buford boys on Lake Lanier. Bennett, 45, has been in Hall County Superior Court in Gainesville since Nov. 4 to stand trial on homicide charges in the June 18, 2012, incident, where his fishing boat collided with a pontoon carrying 13 people — four adults and nine children. Jake Prince, 9, and Griffin Prince, 13, were killed on impact.