No defense testimony

in Henley murder trial

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The defense rested its

if Henley is convicted there

will be about a week of tes-

ishment should be.

case without calling a single timony about what his punwitness yesterday in the mass murder trial of Elmer Wayne Henley, 18. The jury was then sent home for the Weekend.

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The defense decision, announced after a two-hour recess, followed 12 vain atduring five days of remony to have a mistrial ared. More than 300 deobjections have been ruled.

chief defense lawyer, Gray, asked why he did

put witnesses on the stand, said, "We've got nothing to gain by putting Da testimony and helping the state."

He did say, however, that

In Texas, jurors first decide guilt or cide guilt or innocence. When there is a conviction, they then hear evidence on mitigating circumstances before deciding a sentence, which in Henley's case could range from five to 99 years in prison.

Henley is charged with murdering six of the 27 teen-agers whose whose bodies were discovered last August in Houston. The discovery came after the death of Dean A. Corll, 33, who was identified by police as the leader of the homosexual torture and murder ring.