Retrial underway as Floyd County double murder suspect takes the stand

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Day three in the retrial of Berry Hall began Wednesday morning.

The prosecution wrapped up and the defense began to call witnesses to the stand.

Of the witnesses, one was Berry Hall’s brother, Michael Hall, who shed light on the family’s history of mental health problems related to anxiety and depression.

The last testimony of the day was Berry Hall himself.

As Hall took the stand, his attorneys began questioning his mental health history and the medicine he took.

They then asked him to recall the day of the shooting. Hall said he “blacked out” and did not recall much, but was able to put pieces of the day together during the past 12 years.

Hall got notably emotional when he recalled the Tackett children crying over their dead mother.

During the prosecution’s questioning, they eluded that Hall was well aware of what he was doing.

They said all three shots hit the Tacketts, and that afterward Hall picked up the casings and cleaned his prints off the gun.

The trial will continue at 9 a.m. Today, Thursday, January 30th.