Testimony suggests self-defense
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James Booker testifies Wednesday at the Charlotte County Jusitce Center during the trial of Roy Lee Poore, who is charged with attempted second degree murder in connection with the Oct. 8, 2011 stabbing of Aldolphus Leon Martin.
SUN PHOTO BY DREW WINCHESTER
Roy Lee Poore, right, listens as his attorney Toby Oonk argues on his behalf at the Charlotte County Justice Center on Wednesday. Poore is charged with attempted second-degree murder in the 2011 stabbing of Aldolphus Leon Martin.
PUNTA GORDA — When James “Car Wash” Booker looked out from his Drury Lane home Oct. 8, 2011, he saw Aldolphus Leon Martin and a man he would later identify as Roy Lee Poore in the midst of a fistfight.
Martin was getting the better of Poore, Booker testified at the Charlotte County Justice Center on Wednesday, having pulled Poore’s shirt over his head while landing blow after blow.