ing the trial because several witnesses testified that Williams was very reckless with the shotgun in Christofi's presence. One of the most time-consuming segments of the testimony surrounded whether the gun could have fired accidentally, as Williams and his defense claimed it did. The defense scored a victory by getting the judge to exclude two of the prosecution's expert witnesses' testimony that the gun could not have fired accidentally. Even so, however, the prosecution had a total of eight expert witnesses on this issue.
Next, second degree possession of firearms for unlawful purposes occurs when a person possesses a firearm with the intent to use it unlawfully against another person or their property (NJSA ยบ 2C:39-4). The Court TV commentators noted that this crime only refers to the moment the accused was holding the gun, even if he originally bought it for lawful purposes. The defense, for example, proved that Williams bought
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