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Minute-by-minute: Day 14 of the Ross Harris hot car death trial

By Hope Jensen, WSBTV.com
By Hope Jensen, WSBTV.com

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — It’s been more than two years since 22-month-old Cooper Harris died in the back seat of a hot SUV outside a Cobb County office building.

[WATCH LIVE: Ross Harris Hot Car Death Trial]

His father, Ross Harris, is now on trial for his death.

[READ: Defense begins cross-examination of lead detective in hot car death trial]

Follow minute-by-minute coverage of the case below:

4:08 p.m. Grimstead completes his testimony. Court adjourns for the day.

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3:54 p.m. Defense argues that car seat has been put in and taken out of the car at least four times. Says measurements may have changed.

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3:23 p.m. Prosecution enters Harris' SUV into evidence with the car seat inside. Jurors will view the car tomorrow.

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3:07 p.m. Grimstead shows jurors photos of Harris' car with the car seat inside. In the car seat, detectives placed a doll similar in size to Cooper Harris.

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3:04 p.m. Grimstead talks about the process he took to place the car seat back into the car in the correct position.

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2:57 p.m. Jury returns from afternoon break. Grimstead remains on the stand.

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2:34 p.m. Motions hearing held about position of car seat in Harris' vehicle. Detective Carey Grimstead is called back to the stand.

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2:09 p.m. Court recesses for afternoon break.

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2:00 p.m. Prosecutors and defense attorneys go through video Pineda enhanced of Harris returning to his car at lunchtime and then walking through the parking lot at Home Depot.

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1:31 p.m. Court resumes from lunch break. State calls Walter Pineda to the stand. Pineda is an expert in video analysis and enhanced video from the parking lot surveillance at Home Depot.

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12:09 p.m. Judge and lawyers set ground rules for jurors viewing the car on Thursday. Judge decides they will be able to walk around twice with the door closed, walk around twice with the doors open and then observe the car freely for up to five minutes. They are not to sit inside the vehicle or touch the vehicle at any time.

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11:37 a.m. Court recesses for lunch. Judge and lawyers remain to discuss motions.

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11:32 a.m. Kilgore points out that Harris' brother is a police officer in Alabama, which is why Harris may use police terms. Raissi says the state of Alabama does not have the terms malice or malicious intent in its laws. That is specific to Georgia.

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11:18 a.m. Raissi said he was in the room when Stoddard told Harris he was being charged with child cruelty and murder. Raissi said Harris said there was no malicious intent which made him suspicious so he began recording the interview on his department issued camera. That interview was played in court Monday.

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11:10 a.m. State calls Detective David Raissi to the stand. He was working in the crimes against children unit in June 2014 when he responded to the scene of Cooper Harris' death.

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11:09 a.m. After lots of argument and objections, Stoddard completes his testimony and steps down.

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10:50 a.m. Court resumes from break. Defense continues to question Stoddard about testimony he gave during probable cause hearing in 2014.

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10:16 a.m. Court recesses for morning break.

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10:07 a.m. Defense and prosecution get heated as Stoddard reads testimony from hearing back in 2014.

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9:35 a.m. During redirect, Stoddard says they tried to extract as many photos of Cooper as they could off Leanna's computer and gave them to her attorney before the funeral.

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9:33 a.m. Stoddard says the emotion from Harris came after he found out he was getting arrested. He then complained about a hard cot and metal toilet in his cell.

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9:32 a.m. "Fact of the matter is you were dead wrong about Leanna Harris. She was in no way involved in a conspiracy with her husband," Kilgore says. Stoddard says at this time they have no evidence of that.

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9:28 a.m. Stoddard says Leanna Harris' demeanor and lack of emotion along with her statements initially made her a suspect.

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9:23 p.m. Defense says detectives seized Leanna Harris' laptop with more than 30,000 photos of Cooper. Did not return it to her before Cooper's funeral. Stoddard said it was discussed but it was still an active investigation.

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9:21 a.m. Stoddard says Leanna Harris is not a suspect because they do not have any evidence that proves that she was involved. "We did not find any evidence to rise to the part of probable cause to arrest Leanna Harris," Stoddard said.

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9:17 a.m. Court resumes. Detective Phil Stoddard returns to the stand.

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