“That’s not the way she died,” defense lawyer Ken Padowitz said. The judge never ruled on the request to put Patterson’s member on display in court. To bolster their defense, Patterson’s lawyers filed a motion to show his penis to the jury.īut after a medical expert testified that choking during the sex act was unlikely, the defense reversed course on the theory. Medical examiner throws cold water on murder suspect’s big-penis defenseĭuring the trial, his lawyers initially argued that Marquinez died accidentally while performing oral sex on him at her apartment.
