In Tucker's 29 years with the DA's office, she investigated notorious, convicted killers like Larissa Schuster and Marcus Wesson. On Thursday, Tucker's attorney told jurors she quit a year ago after being passed up for many promotions. Petrie said, "The complaint was made that Judy Tucker had no tact, couldn't get along with people." Petrie said tucker tried to improve her people skills.
The defendants' attorney offered a different story, saying the DA wanted tucker to succeed. Michael Woods is defending the DA's office. He told jurors during opening statements, "Mr. Hunt was a big fan of Judy Tucker. He did things for Judy Tucker that he never did for any other employee."
Hunt's treatment of women is expected to be a major issue in the case, but the defense addressed it on the first day of trial. Woods said, "You will have evidence of the number of women he promoted to leadership positions. When he started in 1983, there were few women but there were a lot more women when he was done."
Testimony will begin Monday morning. Tucker is expected to take the stand at some point. Then later in the trial, District Attorney Egan and former DA Hunt are scheduled to testify.
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