evidence he had testified to, whether the killings had been carried out as deliberate acts, and boyd stevens had brought with him two mannequins which he kept back stage. they weren't in the courtroom. they were in the area of -- the judge's office, and he was prepared to testify that they were deliberate and violent and vicious acts. however, before he had a chance to do that, tommy norman completed his examination of him. doug schmidt, very happy that boyd stevens had not been invited to give his opinion, didn't even cross-examine him. because the defense had conceded from the beginning the obvious, dan white killed these two guys. he confessed to it on tape. there was no question he killed them. rather, his defense attorneys put to the jury a different set of questions. their questions were, why? why had a good man like dan white, a man who had never -- as far as anyone knows, committed a crime before in his life, do this heinous thing? and how must he be punished? because the defense took the position he had to be bun issued, but the said this is not murder. this is a less serious crime,