Martinez Trial

In a small room at the Sidney police department, just hours after 30-year-old Mandy Kershman’s death, Larry Martinez confessed to law enforcement that he shot her.

Martinez, 54 of Sidney, is charged with first degree murder, a class IA felony and use of a firearm to commit a felony, a class IC felony for allegedly shooting and killing Kershman on July 18, 2012.

Although Martinez’s voice was sometimes difficult to hear on the video interview shown in court on Wednesday, some of the defendant’s statements were clear.

The video showed the jury a fly on the wall view of a small room containing two...