Jurors to wrestle as to who was victim in attempted murder trial

Kevin Levon Chitty

Did Kevin Chitty believe that Jerry Martin had a gun?

That’s the question jurors will wrestle with as they listen to testimony and see evidence in Chitty’s attempted second-degree murder trial this week in Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Don Poole’s courtroom.

Prosecutor Cameron Williams told jurors during opening statements Tuesday that “there will be no proof that there was a gun in the possession of Jerry Martin.”

But defense attorney Lee Davis quickly clouded any simple idea of what happened the night of Nov. 24, 2011, with details he said the jury must examine as the trial unfolds.

Both sides agree — Martin, 37, slammed his Oldsmobile into the back of Chitty’s Ford F-150 pickup truck while Chitty was stopped at the intersection of Bonny Oaks Drive and Jersey Pike.