PHOTOS: Michael Drejka appears in court in deadly Clearwater parking lot shooting case
Defendant Michael Drejka listens to his attorney at the start of the second day of his manslaughter trial in Pinellas County, August 20, 2019. SCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, center, looks out toward spectators and the media in the courtroom Monday, August 19, 2019 in Pinellas County. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka talks with his attorney Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy in court, Pinellas County, Monday, August 19, 2019. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Pinellas Pasco Circuit Court Judge Joseph Bulone answers lawyers questions during the first day of the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial in Pinellas County, Monday August 19, 2019. SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, right, leaves the courtroom with Monday, August 19, 2019 in Pinellas County. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, left, passes a list of potential jurors with his attorneys including Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, right, in court, Pinellas County, Monday, August 19, 2019. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, center, watches potential jurors with his attorneys Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, right, and William Flores, left, in court, Pinellas County, Monday, August 19, 2019. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, center, looks over a list of potential jurors with his attorneys Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, right, and William Flores, left, in court, Pinellas County, Monday, August 19, 2019. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, looks over a list of potential jurors in court, Pinellas County, Monday, August 19, 2019. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, listens to perspective jurors in the courtroom Monday, August 19, 2019 in Pinellas County. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka talks with his attorney Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy in court, Pinellas County, Monday, August 19, 2019. Drejka is charged with manslaughter in the shooting of Markeis McGlockton, 28 at a Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka wipes his brow at the start of the second day of his manslaughter trial in Pinellas County, August 20, 2019. SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka checks his glasses at the start of the second day of his manslaughter trial in Pinellas County, August 20, 2019. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka listens to his attorney at the start of the second day of his manslaughter trial in Pinellas County, August 20, 2019. SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | Times SCOTT KEELER | TimesSCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Assistant State Attorney Scott Rosenwasser questions potential jurors, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 in Pinellas County during the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial. SCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drajka, right, listens as his attorneys William Flores, left and Bryant Camareno, center, talk during jury selection, Tuesday, August 20, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defense attorney Bryant Camareno shows the jury the video of defendant Michael Drejka shooting Markeis McGlockton outside the Circle A Food Mart, in July 2018. Opening arguments were presented to the jury in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Witness Richard Kelly, 32, testifies in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial, Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Kelly had a confrontation with Drejka at the Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Defendant Michael Drejka listens to testimony by witness Richard Kelly, 32, in his manslaughter trial, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, center, listens to opening statements in his manslaughter trial, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL/Times
Pinellas Sheriff's Det. Nelson DeLeon testifies in the manslaughter trial of defendant Michael Drejka, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
John Tyler, owner of the septic tank company in Clearwater, Fl., testifies in the manslaughter trial of defendant Michael Drejka, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Britany Jacobs, the late Markeis McGlockton's girlfriend, testifies in court, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Michael McGlockton, father of the late Markeis McGlockton, listens to testimony in court, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 during the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Abdalla Salous, owner of Circle A Food Store, Clearwater, testifies in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Pinellas Pasco Assistant State Attorney Fred Schaub presents his opening arguments in the manslaughter trial of Defendant Michael Drejka, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Defendant Michael Drejka, center, listens to opening statements in his manslaughter trial, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. On the right is Drejka's attorney William Flores. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Defendant Michael Drejka sits in the courtroom before the start of his manslaughter trial and opening arguments, Wednesday, August 21, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Pinellas Pasco Circuit Court Judge Joseph Bulone, talks to attorneys Wednesday, August 21, 2019, during the manslaughter trial of defendant Michael Drejka in Pinellas County.SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Defense attorney John Trevena questions Roy Bedard, a police trainer and consultant and the state's use-of-force expert witness, (not shown) during the manslaughter trial of Defendant Michael Drejka, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Assistant State Attorney Scott Rosenwasser questions Roy Bedard, a police trainer and consultant and the state's use-of-force expert witness, (not shown) during the manslaughter trial of Defendant Michael Drejka, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Left to Right: Defendant Michael Drejka, defense attorney Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, defense attorney Bryant Camareno and defense attorney John Trevena wait to leave the courtroom before a lunch break, Thursday, August 22, 2019 during Drejka's manslaughter trial in Pinellas County.TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Left to Right: Defense attorney Bryant Camareno and defense attorney John Trevena have a conversation with the judge before they leave the courtroom for a lunch break, Thursday, August 22, 2019 during Drejka's manslaughter trial in Pinellas County.TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defense attorney Bryant Camareno questions witness,
Pinellas County Sheriff forensics technician Heather Meade, as he points to photographs of defendant Michael Drejka's head and body, Thursday, August 22, 2019 during Drejka's manslaughter trial in Pinellas County.TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Pinellas Pasco Assistant State Attorney Fred Schaub questions witness Joseph Soutullo, a media forensic specialist with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, during the manslaughter trial of Defendant Michael Drejka, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. In the background to the right, Pinellas Pasco Circuit Court Judge Joseph Bulone listens to the testimony. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Pinellas Pasco Assistant State Attorney Fred Schaub questions witness Pinellas County Sheriff's Detective Richard Redman (not shown) during the manslaughter trial of Defendant Michael Drejka, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka listens to Joseph Soutullo, a media forensic specialist with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, testify in Drejka's manslaughter trial, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Defendant Michael Drejka listens to Joseph Soutullo, a media forensic specialist with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, testify in Drejka's manslaughter trial, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. TRACEE STOCKWELL | Times/Tampa Bay Times
Bruce Goldberger, Chief of Forensic Medicine, and Professor and Director of Toxicology at the University of Florida, testifies in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Noel Palma, an associate medical examiner at the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiners office, right, shows jurors where the gunshot wound was on the body of the late Markeis McGlockton, using the upper body of Pinellas Pasco Assistant State Attorney Fred Schaub, left. The demonstration was shown to the jury in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. The late Markeis McGlockton was fatally shot by defendant Michael Drejka outside of the Circle A Food Mart, Clearwater in July 2018. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Noel Palma, an associate medical examiner at the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner office is shown photographs of the wounds on the late Markeis McGlockton after he was fatally shot by defendant Michael Drejka outside of the Circle A Food Mart, Clearwater in July 2018. The photos were shown to the jury by Pinellas Pasco Assistant State Attorney Fred Schaub, right, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in court, Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Roy Bedard, police trainer and consultant, testifies in front of the jury in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Pinellas County Sheriff forensics technician Heather Meade, points to photographs of defendant Michael Drejka's arms and legs for the jury, Thursday, August 22, 2019 during Drejka's manslaughter trial in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Left to Right: Defense attorney Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, defendant Michael Drejka, and defense attorney William Flores wait to leave the courtroom before a break, Thursday, August 22, 2019 during Drejka's manslaughter trial in Pinellas County. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Pinellas County Sheriff detective Richard Redman points at defendant Michael Drejka in court, Thursday, August 22,2019 in Pinellas County. Redman testified in the Drejka manslaughter trial. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Jurors in the Michael Drejka manslaughter trial were shown a video, Thursday, August 22, 2019 of Pinellas Sheriff detectives interviewing defendant Michael Drejka, right, after he shot Markeis McGlockton at the Circle A Food Mart in Clearwater, July 2018. Drejka shows detectives his shooting position in the video. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
Joseph Soutullo, a media forensic specialist with the Pinellas County SheriffÕs Office watches a video of defendant Michael Drejka shooting Markeis McGlockton outside of the Circle A Food Mart, Clearwater, in July 2018. The video was shown to the jury, Thursday, August 22, 2019 in court, Pinellas County during the Drejka manslaughter trial. SCOTT KEELER/ Times
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