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As Shayna Hubers' murder retrial winds down, prosecution calls rebuttal witnesses

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Channel: LOCAL 12 · 2018 · News & Politics

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NEWPORT, Ky. (WKRC) - After listening to 10 days of testimony, the jury in the Shayna Hubers murder retrial should start deliberating her fate Tuesday now that both the defense and the prosecution have rested.

Hubers shot and killed her on-again-off-again boyfriend Ryan Poston in October 2012. Hubers claims it was in self-defense as Poston attacked her, but the prosecution says that she did it because Poston was going to break up with her.

Final witnesses took the stand Monday as the prosecution called rebuttal witnesses. One witness knew both Poston and Hubers.

"So in April, we were close. She was at my apartment a lot. I considered her almost like a roommate," said Carissa Carlise. "We just spent a lot of time together."

Carlisle was a classmate of Hubers' at the University of Kentucky and also a step-cousin of Poston's. 

"Yes, he wanted to end the relationship multiple, multiple times," Carlisle said. "I would try to tell [Hubers] why the relationship was ending, give her benefits of that. I was trying to convince her that it was OK that the relationship was ending. She never really listened to me though."

While the defense says Hubers killed Poston in self-defense, Carlisle said Poston was not the kind of person who would assault Hubers.

"He never meant to hurt her. He was always concerned about her feelings," she said.

The prosecution also tried to point out inconsistencies in Hubers' story. Hubers testified that, on the night of the shooting, Poston grabbed her by her pants and her bra and then had thrown her across the room in Poston's condo, but Highland Heights police chief, Bill Birkenhauer, said the evidence shows otherwise. Birkenhauer said the clips on Hubers' bra don't appear to be broken, and the rest of the bra doesn't appear to be stretched or damaged in any way. 

The prosecution has called more than 20 witnesses in this trial. The defense has only called four, including Hubers. Hubers did not testify in her first trial.

Hubers' guilty verdict and 40-year sentence from the first trial were thrown out because a juror did not disclose a prior felony. Convicted felons cannot serve as jurors in Kentucky.

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