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Dr. David Start shows how the fatal shot traveled through Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield IIhead during testimony at the trial of Eric Knysz before Mason County's 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper in Ludington, Mich. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Knysz, 20, is on trial on a first-degree murder charge in the killing of 43-year-old Trooper Paul Butterfield II during a traffic stop in September. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola displays the gun that was used in the September 2013 killing of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield II, to the jury during closing remarks of Eric Knysz's murder trial, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ludington, Mich. Knysz is charged in the shooting death of the state trooper during a routine traffic stop in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

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Paul Butterfield, the father of slain Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield II, embraces his son's fiance Jennifer Sielski after guilty verdicts were read against Eric Knysz on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ludington, Mich. Knysz was convicted of murder for the September 2013 shooting death of Paul Butterfield during a routine traffic stop in rural Mason County, Mich. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

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Eric Knysz stands in court as evidence is brought in prior to the start of his murder trial before Mason County's 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper in Ludington, Mich. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Knysz, 20, is on trial on a first-degree murder charge in the killing of 43-year-old Trooper Paul Butterfield II during a traffic stop in September. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole listens to Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola as he makes his closing remarks during the sixth day of the murder trial for Eric Knysz, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Lundington, Mich. Knysz is charged in the September 2013 shooting death of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II during a traffic stop in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

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Paul Butterfield, the father of slain Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II, stands during a break in the murder trial of Eric Knysz, seated foreground, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ludington, Mich. He is wearing a mask to protect himself as he fights leukemia. Knysz is charged in the September 2013 shooting death of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield II during a traffic stop in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

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Paul Butterfield, standing background, the father of slain Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield II stands during a break in the murder trial of Eric Knysz, seated foreground, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Ludington, Mich. Butterfield is wearing a mask to protect himself as he fights leukemia. Knysz is charged in the September 2013 shooting death of the state trooper during a traffic stop in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

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Patricia Butterfield comforts her husband Paul Butterfield, right, as Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola makes his closing remarks during the sixth day of the murder trial for Eric Knysz in Mason County's 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper in Ludington, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Knysz is charged in the September 2013 shooting death of their son, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield II during a traffic stop in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.