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Prosecutor in choke-slay trial grills defense witness

The prosecutor in the murder trial against a golf caddie accused of choking a bar bouncer attempted Monday to cast a defense witness as testifying solely to supplement his income.

"Isn't that the only reason you're here?" Assistant District Attorney Denise Merrifield asked a forensic pathologist from Michigan.

"Absolutely not," responded Dr. Daniel Spitz, the chief medical examiner in...

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