Prosecutors Monday told jurors that after nearly three weeks of testimony, they delivered what they had promised – proof that former neurosurgeon Jonathan Pishoi Nakhla’s excess drinking and speeding caused a fatal car wreck.
– proof that former neurosurgeon Jonathan Pishoi Nakhla’s excess drinking and speeding caused a fatal car wreck.
Knizley told jurors that if the Founding Fathers had been watching the trial, “a tear would come to their eye,” and he used a line he has repeated in past trials. To convicted based on the evidence presented, he said, “We might as well burn the courthouse down – because there is no justice.”Former Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich, who led the prosecution, told jurors it was “infuriating” to hear Knizley question the motives of law enforcement.
Multiple witnesses, Walsh noted, testified that Nakhla bagged about driving fast and that he used a badge and identification card given to him as a volunteer police surgeon to get out of tickets.Walsh pointed to Mobile police Detective David McCullough testified that it was obvious from skid marks and other evidence that the Audi was moving more than 100 mph.
Nakhla was not just driving above the speed limit, he was driving so fast that it “shocks the conscience,” the prosecutor said.Knizley also used surveillance video during his summation, but he focused on a different vantage point – the Comfort Inn. He replayed a clip showing a car driven by Christopher Davis turning into the parking lot just as Nakhla’s car approaches. He said the video clearly shows that Davis caused the accident by turning without signaling.
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