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Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey W. O'Connor responds to an objection by defense attorney Jeremy Karlin during the third day of Nicholas Sheley's murder trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Thomas Merchie, a retired Illinois State Police crime scene analyst, testifies about the blood spatter analysis he conducted during the 2008 death investigation of Brock Branson, Kilynna Blake, Dayan Blake and Kenneth Ulve, during the murder trial of Nicholas Sheley in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey W. O'Connor, center, listens as prosecutor Steve Nate, left, defense attorney Jeremy Karlin and prosecutor Bill Elward, right, approach the bench during the third day of Nicholas Sheley's murder trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Prosecutor Steve Nate hands bags of evidence to Commander Doug Coppotelli of the Rock Falls Police Department during the murder trial of Nicholas Sheley in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Nicholas Sheley is escorted into the courtroom during the third day of his trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Nicholas Sheley, left, talks with his attorney, Jeremy Karlin, during the third day of his trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
