Day 1: Attorneys make opening statements, witnesses testify in Ray Tensing retrial
Ray Tensing, the former University of Cincinnati police officer, is charged with murder in the death of Sam DuBose, during a routine traffic stop on July 19, 2015. His retrial began on June 8.
Ray Tensing listens to the opening statement by his defense attorney Stew Mathews on the first day of Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Photo by: Cara Owsley | The Cincinnati Enquirer
The jury seats are empty before the opening statements on the first day of Raymond Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017
Photo by: Cara Owsley | The Cincinnati Enquirer
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz addresses her courtroom after the opening statements on the first day of Raymond Tensing’s retrial Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Photo by: Cara Owsley | The Cincinnati Enquirer UC police Officer Philip Kidd shows a drawing he made of the scene on the first day of Raymond Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.Photo by: Cara Owsley | The Cincinnati Enquirer
Assistant Prosecutor Seth Tieger examines UC police Officer Philip Kidd on the first day of Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Ray Tensing and his defense attorney Stew Mathews listen to Assistant Prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid's opening statement on the first day of Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Ray Tensing and his defense attorney Stew Mathews listen to Assistant Prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid's opening statement on the first day of Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Assistant Prosecutor Seth Tieger listens to the opening statements on the first day of Raymond Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.
Tensing's body camera footage was displayed on the first day of Tensing’s retrial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Leslie Ghiz’s courtroom Thursday, June 8, 2017.