NORRISTOWN — Three men accused of roles in the robbery and fatal shooting of a man in Norristown are fighting prosecutors’ plans to show a jury crime scene and autopsy photographs that depict the results of the deadly encounter. Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Jediah Grobstein revealed in court on Tuesday that prosecutors want to show a jury three crime scene photos and two autopsy photos when Damon Brantley Jr., Daquan Tyrone Allen and Jerry Lamar Butler stand trial in September on homicide- and robbery-related charges in connection with the alleged 7:49 p.
m. Jan. 20, 2024, robbery and fatal shooting of William Carter in the unit block of West Wood Street in Norristown.
Grobstein argued the crime scene photos are relevant to give the jury a full and complete understanding of the remoteness of the location where the alleged murder occurred and show the location of Carter’s body in relation to fired cartridge casings that were found at the scene. Grobstein, who is handling the case with co-prosecutor Meghan Carney, said two autopsy photos depicting the fatal head wound that Carter suffered would be used to establish the specific intent to kill held by Brantley, the accused shooter. Specific intent to kill is a requirement for a first-degree murder conviction.
“The autopsy photos are necessary to establish the specific intent to kill,” Grobstein argued during a pretrial hearing. But the lawyers for Allen and Butler argued the photographs, particularly th.