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Cody Stevenson trial day 2: live tweets from the courtroom
The trial of Cody Stevenson began Tuesday, Jan. 29. Reporter Trish Mehaffey continues to live-tweet from the courtroom.
Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The toddler, Izabella 'Bella' Loffer, died from injuries July 3, police said.
Testimony started Tuesday in Linn County District Court, where the trail was moved from Iowa County because of pretrial publicity. The trial is expected to go into next week.
Read the live tweets below:
Cody Stevenson (left) looks on as Johnson County Chief Public Defender Peter Persaud looks at photographs of an apartment where Stevenson lived with his girlfriend and children during Stevenson's first degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cody Stevenson watches as the jury enters the courtroom during his first degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Assistant Iowa Attorney General Douglas Hammerand addresses the jury as he makes the prosecution's opening statement during the first degree murder trial of Cody Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Assistant Iowa Attorney General Douglas Hammerand balls up his hand into a fist as he describes a video that will be shown to the jury of defendant Cody Stevenson in a videotaped interview as Hammerand addresses the jury during the prosecution's opening statement during the first degree murder trial of Cody Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Johnson County Chief Public Defender Peter Persaud (right) talks to Cody Stevenson during his first degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Rachel Antonuccio with the Iowa City Public Defender's Office gives the defense's opening statement during the first degree murder trial of Cody Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Former Williamsburg police department assistant chief Robert Knoop testifies during the first degree murder trial of Cody Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Former Williamsburg police department assistant chief Robert Knoop demonstrates how Cody Stevenson demonstrated in an interview how he used his fist to hit the abdomen of the victim as Knoop testifies during the first degree murder trial of Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Former Williamsburg police department assistant chief Robert Knoop demonstrates how Cody Stevenson demonstrated in an interview how he used his fist to hit the abdomen of the victim as Knoop testifies during the first degree murder trial of Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Johnson County Chief Public Defender Peter Persaud (right) listens to Assistant Iowa Attorney General Douglas Hammerand (not pictured) during testimony in the first degree murder trial of Cody Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A photograph of a television screen from a video interview of Cody Stevenson, shows Stevenson demonstrating, for police investigators, how he hit the victim as the video was being shown during Stevenson's first degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Former Williamsburg police department assistant chief Robert Knoop reads a passage from a deposition as he is cross examined by Johnson County Chief Public Defender Peter Persaud during the first degree murder trial of Cody Stevenson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Johnson County Chief Public Defender Peter Persaud looks at photographs of an apartment where Cody Stevenson lived with his girlfriend and children during Stevenson's first degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Cody Stevenson sits at a table as attorneys and 6th Judicial District Judge Christopher Bruns holds a sidebar during his first degree murder trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. Stevenson is accused of punching his girlfriend's child in the abdomen multiple times on June 30, 2017, according to the criminal complaint. The trial was moved from Iowa County due to pre-trial publicity. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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