Smith won’t testify in murder trial; closing arguments coming today
LITTLE FALLS — As the defense rested Monday, defense attorney Steven Meshbesher told reporters it was his decision to not have Byron Smith testify.
Smith is on trial in Morrison County for two first-degree murder indictments in the Thanksgiving Day 2012 shooting deaths of Nick...
![Steve and Bonnie Schaeffel, the grandparents of Nick Brady, listen during a Minnesota Supreme Court appeal hearing on the Byron Smith case at the Minnesota Judicial Branch building in St. Paul on Thursday, September 3, 2015. ] LEILA NAVIDI leila.navidi@startribune.com](http://www.dglobe.com/sites/default/files/styles/16x9_315/public/fieldimages/1/0517/087385809smith09041513084433-1.jpg?itok=5aE8hblx)