Defendants typically sit at the defense table and try to look as innocuous as possible.
In a hallway outside court in June, a tearful Murphy berated Binion friend and attorney Harry Claiborne for not responding to her pleas to help the ailing Binion. A shocked Claiborne said he didn't know what she was talking about. She met Binion at a local strip club, moved into his home and enjoyed her new lifestyle. Defense attorney John Momot, who represents Murphy, said her relationship with Binion, a longtime drug abuser, was a trying one. They know about drug abuse.