BAKERSFIELD, CA - The prosecution has rested its case in the Bryan Oliver trial. Earlier on Tuesday, a former student who was a reported target of Bryan Oliver admitted he picked on Oliver all freshman year.
He was the latest in a string of students to testify Oliver was bullied or teased during his time at the Taft campus.
Judge John Lua has banned all cameras from the courtroom.
Bryan Oliver sat quietly in court, often with his head down as a classmate he reportedly intended to shoot last January testified that he picked on Oliver their freshman year.
Oliver is charged with attempted murder for the shooting of classmate Bowe Cleveland. Jacob Nichols graduated this year. He denied calling Oliver a derogatory name used for homosexuals. But Nichols admitted quote 'messing with' Oliver because he wasn't from Taft or California.
Nichols then momentarily choked up, telling jurors he himself was bullied growing up in foster care and picked on Oliver just to fit in at Taft Union High School. Nichols also testified he overheard Bowe Cleveland picking on Oliver and that Oliver asked Cleveland to stop.
That conflicts with what Cleveland told jurors---that he never bullied Oliver. Nichols is among a string of former students at the school to testify that Oliver was consistently picked on by other students. The defense does not deny Oliver was the shooter, but contends the constant torment caused him to snap.
Prosecutors say the attack was planned, presenting the jury a gory video Oliver viewed within the days before the shooting and a violent short story that Oliver wrote. The prosecution contends the shooting was not a momentary lapse, but a planned attack.
The jury will see photos taken by investigators that show Oliver had nearly two dozen shotgun shells on him the day of the shooting and a small screwdriver and knife tucked into his shoes. Testimony continues Wednesday.
He was the latest in a string of students to testify Oliver was bullied or teased during his time at the Taft campus.
Judge John Lua has banned all cameras from the courtroom.
Bryan Oliver sat quietly in court, often with his head down as a classmate he reportedly intended to shoot last January testified that he picked on Oliver their freshman year.
Oliver is charged with attempted murder for the shooting of classmate Bowe Cleveland. Jacob Nichols graduated this year. He denied calling Oliver a derogatory name used for homosexuals. But Nichols admitted quote 'messing with' Oliver because he wasn't from Taft or California.
Nichols then momentarily choked up, telling jurors he himself was bullied growing up in foster care and picked on Oliver just to fit in at Taft Union High School. Nichols also testified he overheard Bowe Cleveland picking on Oliver and that Oliver asked Cleveland to stop.
That conflicts with what Cleveland told jurors---that he never bullied Oliver. Nichols is among a string of former students at the school to testify that Oliver was consistently picked on by other students. The defense does not deny Oliver was the shooter, but contends the constant torment caused him to snap.
Prosecutors say the attack was planned, presenting the jury a gory video Oliver viewed within the days before the shooting and a violent short story that Oliver wrote. The prosecution contends the shooting was not a momentary lapse, but a planned attack.
The jury will see photos taken by investigators that show Oliver had nearly two dozen shotgun shells on him the day of the shooting and a small screwdriver and knife tucked into his shoes. Testimony continues Wednesday.