Angelo Calfo, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the case against Auburn Police Officer Jeff Nelson, shows a photo to the jury as Nelson's murder trial gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
From left: Elaine Simons, foster mother of Jesse Sarey; Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson; Nelson's defense attorney Emma Scanlan and Sarey's half-brother Koleton Hart are seen in court as Nelson's murder trial gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, center, is flanked by two of his defense attorneys as Nelson's tmurder rial gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. On the left is Tim Leary, to the right is Emma Scanlan. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
Prosecuting attorney Angelo Calfo, right and defense attorney Emma Scanlan, left, argue their points before the judge during the murder trial of Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
The courtroom before the murder trial of Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
Prosecuting attorney Patty Eakes argues before the judge during the murder trial of Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert
Angelo Calfo, center, one of the prosecuting attorneys in the case against police Officer Jeff Nelson, looks over at the defense table as the murder trial of Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, center, is flanked by two of his defense attorneys as Nelson's murder trial gets underway, Thursday, May 16, 2024 in Kent, Wash. On the left is Tim Leary, to the right is Emma Scanlan. Nelson is charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store. (Ken Lambert