Legal experts were skeptical about a conflict of interest, but said the hearing did not help the prosecutors.

This has not been a good day for the D.A.'s office, said Caren Morrison, a former federal prosecutor and an associate professor at Georgia State University College of Law.

The painstaking raking over of trips and bills and expenses does nothing to burnish either of their reputations and just gives a lot of fodder to critics of the case.

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