two attorneys represent george huguely, frances lawrence and rhonda quagliana. why couldn't lawrence have gone forward on his own? >> it could very well be that the witnesses were prepped by miss quagliana and the other lawyer might want those witnesses to be questioned by her since she knows how the questioning is supposed to go. organize-- >> reporter: huguely isrged with killing yeardley love. huguely has paid for them both. >> he wants his case done right the first time. since he has been working with both, he has the right to is a, no i do not want to go forwards in both are here. >> reporter: going forward might give him grounds for appeal if he is convicted. coming up at 6:00, we'll take a closer look the exchange from wednesday between the prosecutor and one of the defense expert witness. reporting from charlottesville, reporting. >> for up to the minute updates, follow christian. we've taken those tweets and built a timeline of everything that's been happening in the courtroom on our website. you can find it at abc2news.com/lovemurder no a scam artist w

the latest twist in the trial of george huguely, an illness for one of his attorneys, rhonda quagliana, no court today, just a temporary delay. >> the case will have to continue. they're not going to retry it. >> reporter: local attorney scott goodman said quagliana likely represented the next witnesses. george huguely is charged with killing yeardley love after breaking a hole in her bedroom door in may of 2010. his defense team said love died from suffocation, not blunt force trauma. on wednesday the defense called an expert on brain pathology who supported the defense's claim. >> that will be their role. >> reporter: leets mas will attempted to explain the bleeding by saying cpr could have caused it. the processtor said -- prosecutor said can you cite the jury to a single study and the doctor said probably not. >> he knew that the defense would have a witness who who testify that the cause of death was not blunt force trauma in hissen. of course, mr. chapman believes otherwise and believes any doctor who would say such a thing is not worthy of being call lad doctor. >> reporter: tes

the jury was sent home for the day after being told defense attorney, rhonda qig quagliana was sick. >> george huguely admits taking the computer from yeardley love's apartment that night and throwing it in a dumpster. and we're expecting testimony here in this courthouse tomorrow to last all day long. laura. >> paul wagner, thank you. >>> a jury today convicted a man accused of shooting and killing a maryland state trooper at a restaurant. terrell williams was found guilty on all charges, including first-degree murder. back in 2010, wesley brown ordered brown to leave because he was being disruptive. brown was working offduty as a security guard. he shot trooper brown. brown's family and friends were relieved to hear the guilty verdict. >> we are still holding on to his dreams and helping the community. he was an excellent brother. we miss him dearly. my son is going to miss his role model, his mentor. our family will never, ever be the same. he was the best brother anyone could ever imagine. >> brown says her brother's dream was to protect and serve the community and he did that. >