Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Brad Bloodworth — State’s Rebuttal And Jury Instructions
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
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Summary
Brad Bloodworth gives the prosecution's rebuttal and Judge Mrazik gives the jury final instructions before deliberations.
The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to continuing coverage from the trial of Corey Ridgians from the Hidden Killers podcast and true crime today. |
| 0:08.4 | Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:14.6 | Mr. Bloodworth, please proceed. |
| 0:17.5 | Thank you, Your Honor. |
| 0:23.6 | Next time. Next, next guy. |
| 0:26.6 | Part of tricks are not legal standards. |
| 0:30.6 | Legal standards are what matter. |
| 0:33.6 | Let's review a couple of the important ones. |
| 0:35.6 | You'll have them in your instructions when you go back to deliberate. |
| 0:42.0 | Reasonable doubt. |
| 0:50.2 | I come back to this one again and again. |
| 0:53.5 | Evidence usually consists of testimony and exhibits presented at trial. |
| 0:58.0 | What the lawyers say is not evidence. |
| 1:04.0 | I've come back to this slide in rebuttal precisely because of defense's closing. |
| 1:10.0 | There is a reason the state provided you in its slides |
| 1:15.6 | with the site to every single piece of evidence it argued. |
| 1:19.6 | We told you what transcript page and line number. |
| 1:22.6 | We told you what exhibit number. |
| 1:31.3 | Because what the attorneys say doesn't matter. The evidence is what matters. |
| 1:33.3 | And there's a reason defense counsel did incite you to the evidence. |
| 1:41.3 | Next slide, Scott. |
| 1:43.3 | A lot of the evidence is circumstantial. |
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