Former Omaha officer's Taser trial wraps up, without officer taking the stand
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Todd Cooper
Evidence ended in former Omaha police officer Scotty Payne’s trial Friday without testimony from one major player in the case.
Payne himself.
Payne’s defense team elected not to call the former officer to the stand in a trial alleging that he committed second-degree assault and weapon use by pulling the trigger on a Taser 12 times on a mentally ill Oklahoma man.
It was an interesting decision. On the one hand, Payne has the absolute right to not testify. All juries are advised as much.
Former Omaha Police Officer Scotty Payne heads to courtroom 411 in the Douglas County Courthouse for a hearing on Feb. 7. He is charged in the death of Zachary Bearheels.
CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
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