To the seasoned trial advocate, at first blush, this case appeared to be an open and shut case for the prosecution, where the wife was standing at the threshold of the bedroom door with a rifle, while the husband was seated on the bed five feet distance from her and demonstrating a downward trajectory of the bullet on the inside of the husband’s body. He had been threatening to kill the family and then commit suicide. The forensic team for the prosecution focused only on the downward trajectory