Panama City, FL - All eight defendants in Bay County's highest profile case in recent memory have testified in their trial.

Henry Dickens, Charles Enfinger, Patrick Garrett, Raymond Hauck, Charles Helms, Henry McFadden, Kristin Schmidt, and Joseph Walsh are charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child after the January 2006 death of a juvenile offender.

Martin Anderson, 14, died the day after he collapsed during exercises on his first day at the Bay County boot camp.  If convicted, the defendants face up to 30 years in prison. 

Helms, Hauck, Garrett, and Schmidt have already testified.  Dickens, Enfinger, McFadden, and Walsh take the stand today.

Court began at 8:30 a.m.  Joseph Walsh, a corporal at the boot camp, was Wednesday's first witness.  Walsh says he left the military after being diagnosed with Gulf War Syndrome.

When asked why he joined the boot camp staff, he replied “I wanted to help young men.”

Walsh said Martin Anderson first came to his attention on the field when Anderson reportedly said, "This is bull****," referring to the 1.5 mile run the offenders were doing at the time.

Attorneys finished questioning Walsh just before 10:00 a.m.  After a short break, the defense called former drill instructor Charles Enfinger, 34, to the stand.

Enfinger said he looked into Anderson's eyes at one point and saw they were open and Anderson was looking at the ground.  Enfinger says he knew then that Anderson was conscious.  He said just because he's a drill instructor, doesn't mean he couldn't have called 911 if he'd felt it was needed.

As Enfinger discussed what was happening on the video tape, Anderson's mother, Gina Jones, burst into tears and had to be rushed out of the courtroom.

Around 10:30 a.m., defense attorney Walter Smith finished questioning Enfinger and prosecutor Scott Harmon began cross examination.

Upon cross examination, Harmon asked Enfinger about a comment he'd made earlier about being concerned during most of the incident.  Enfinger said the majority of the time he was confused, sometimes concerned, because at times Anderson looked like he was malingering and at other times it looked like something could've been wrong.

Enfinger stepped down from the stand 25 minutes later.  Henry McFadden, a former drill instructor, began his testimony.

During McFadden's testimony, the defense asked for a sidebar and the jury was asked to leave the room. After some consultation between the lawyers, the judge removed several people sitting on the 2nd row of the courtroom behind the prosecution.  Robert Anderson, Martin Anderson's father, was among those removed.

The judge said he'd received several complaints of people making comments during testimony, and he had warned the audience yesterday about doing so.  Those removed were told to go the Bay County Courthouse Annex to watch the trial and not to return to the courtroom.

McFadden was dismissed from the witness stand.  Lunch was called at 12:15 p.m. Court resumed at 1:15 p.m.

After lunch, Henry Dickens, an administrative sergeant at the boot camp, was called to the witness stand.  He's the last defendant to testify.  He was in the U.S. Navy for 30 years before joining the boot camp staff in 1995.

At 2:15 p.m., the defense called Bay County medical examiner Dr. Charles Siebert.  Siebert performed an autopsy on Anderson, concluding he died a natural death from complications of sickle cell trait. 

A second autopsy by Dr. Vernard Adams of HIllsborough County found Anderson died of suffocation due to the actions of the guards.

Siebert testified that when a person suffocates, they can't get oxygen or dispel carbon dioxide from their body.  He says Martin Anderson's carbon dioxide level was half the normal rate.

While prosecutor Scott Harmon was conducting cross examination, the defense asked for a break.  Defense attorney Walter Smith says defendant Joseph Walsh had become ill and had a high pulse rate.  Judge Overstreet recessed court, but Walsh did not return to the room as cross examination of Dr. Siebert continued.

Defense attorney Waylon Graham says Walsh had a panic attack, and his family took him to Bay Medical Center, where he will be kept for observation overnight. It's uncertain whether he'll return to court Thursday.

Siebert was widely criticized in the days after the release of the Anderson autopsy results. Upon cross examination, prosecutors asked Siebert if this case had become a quest to save his career.  Siebert replied he's on a quest for the truth.

Around 5:30 p.m., Dr. Randy Eichner, a hematologist and sickle cell expert from the University of Oklahoma, took the stand as the defense's last witness.  Eichner says he's been the team doctor for the Oklahoma Sooners football team for over a decade.

He says he's seen the video of the Anderson incident 10 times and says he's seen other people collapse just like Martin Anderson did.  Those people, he said, suffered from exertional sickle cell crisis.  He called the ammonia capsules "red herrings."

After Dr. Eichner was excused from the witness stand, the defense rested their case.  Judge Overstreet told the jury court would convene at 10:00 a.m. for closing arguments.  Once both sides finish, court will recess until Friday morning, when the jury will be given their instructions and be allowed to begin deliberations.

Dr. Siebert is currently the interim chief medical examiner for the 14th Circuit, after the state Medical Examiners Commission voted to remove him from office.  State Attorney Steve Meadows appointed Siebert as interim medical examiner as they search for a replacement. Siebert has re-applied for the appointment.

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