jane mcgarry's live in boulder for opening statements. she joins us live right now. dose jamie leary -- jamie larry joins us live in boulder for opening statements. >> reporter: the majority of the court room was filled with support for the officer including family and friends as we met with the family who said they do not want to talk until after the verdict comes in. the suspect appeared in court. procedural mistakes are enough to throw at evidence according to defense. he made bad choices and decisions with those choices do not equal first-degree murder. prosecution focused on prosecution itself who say that the officer -- who they say is a hero. the second was this was a driver passing by who saw the moment that trump or clinton was struck by the car. this made her absolutely sick, she said. on methamphetamine when he was arrested. this is many of the bits of evidence that the defense is trying to get thrown out of trial. live from the county courthouse, jamie larry "cbs 2 news". >> it was quite moving when we saw that promotion posthumously awarded to him. >>> p