Ahmaud Arbery death trial live updates: 3 found guilty of murder

Gough took the jury almost frame-by-frame through Bryan's cellphone video of the shooting. Stopping and starting the footage, he pointed out that Bryan at one point was only driving 2 mph during the chase of Arbery, that his leg was shaking and his breathing was labored due to fear.

He said at another point in the video that Bryan is heard saying "I'm gonna keep going." Gough suggested that Bryan was giving up the pursuit and heading home after Arbery had run past his truck followed by the McMichaels.

Gough showed the jury a part of the video in which Bryan appears to be driving in the opposite direction of Arbery before turning around and taking a shorter route toward his home only to find himself in a position to document the shooting.

"I'm going to suggest to you that perhaps, and I know I'll get grief for this, I would say to you that you can call it karma, you can call it fate, I would call it divine providence, somebody is guiding Mr. Bryan," Gough said. "Whether it's a conscious thought process or not, something is guiding Mr. Bryan down this street to document what's going on."

William "Roddie" Bryan's attorney, Kevin Gough, began his summation by telling the jury that his client never knew the McMichaels brought guns to chase Arbery or that he was aware that Travis McMichaels was going to shoot Arbery.

"The inconvenient truth is that Roddie Bryan did not know and could not know that these men were armed until moments before Mr. Arbery's tragic death," Gough said. "He did not know that Arbery would be shot and by that time, sadly, there was nothing Roddie Bryan could do to prevent this tragedy."

Gough said that from the get-go, Bryan cooperated with the police, providing several statements, his home security video and the now-famous cellphone video he took that captured part of the fatal shooting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, without Roddie Bryan, there is no case," Gough said.

Gough said Bryan had no lawyer present when police first interviewed him.

"These actions, ladies and gentlemen, only demonstrate good faith, his conduct (is) negative of any inference of criminal intent."

Before giving his closing argument, William "Roddie" Bryan's attorney, Kevin Gough, made a motion for a mistrial based on activities he said were happening outside the courtroom.

"Protesters, whether they were the Black Panthers group or some other group were behind the barriers in front of the courthouse ... there was a truck carrying a coffin with the names of the defendants on it," Gough told Judge Timothy Walmsley.

Gough alleged the Black Panthers have specifically said "their specific objective was to influence the proceedings in this case."

He said "large weapons, apparently automatic weapons" were also seen outside the courthouse.

"I don't know whether they intended to scare the defendants but I have co-counsel with a small child who is scared to death," Gough said.

Walmsley denied the motion saying he's been given no indication that things were getting out-of-hand outside the courtroom and that there was no evidence the jurors were exposed to anything intimidating.

Laura Hogue, an attorney for Gregory McMichael, pleaded with the jury not to make Arbery out as an innocent victim, suggesting the man with a big smile made bad decisions that led him to Satilla Shores on the day he died.

Hogue prompted gasps in the courtroom, saying, "Turning Ahmaud Arbery into a victim after the choices that he made do not reflect the reality of what brought Arbery to Satilla Shores in his khaki shorts with no socks to cover his long dirty toenails."

She said prosecutors have not proven that Gregory McMichael is guilty of malice murder and therefore innocent of all the rest of the charges he faces.

"Gregory McMichael pulled no trigger. How could the state seek a conviction for malice murder as Greg stood in the back of the pickup truck on the phone with 911 as the fatal shots were fired?" Hogue asked the jury.