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Serious Crimes Case (Nazareth) 22205-06-23 State of Israel v. Dennis Mukin - part 35

December 24, 2025
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... It's the first shot, I'm doing it to show you what renewal of contact is, as soon as I release the trigger it moves forward, to shoot again I have to, did you hear that?

The Honorable Judge 10.  Sheetrit:            Yes, yes.

The witness, Mr. G.  Alon :             The trigger will move, if I make a case case he won't shoot, he has to go forward, get the trigger back and shoot again.

The Honorable Judge I.  Hellman :              And the gun we're talking about?

Adv. Y.  Singer :  It is the same as the mouth, it is simple (unclear)

The Honorable Judge 10.  Sheetrit:            So what is a semiconductor?

The witness, Mr. G.  Alon :             Half triggering is an improvement that is done to a gun, in this case it is not relevant to Dennis's gun.

The Honorable Judge 10.  Sheetrit:            OK.

The witness, Mr. G.  Alon :             I don't have it either, I have it in my other gun, it just gives an option, it's much more sensitive.

The Honorable Judge 10.  Sheetrit:            It's not relevant to our gun.

The witness, Mr. G.  Alon :             Not relevant to our gun.

The Honorable Judge 10.  Sheetrit:            OK.

The witness, Mr. G.  Alon :             It's the first time, ma'am, I guess you've seen it, what I'm here to say is that in order to get two shots out you have to give one and resume contact, you'll hear the ping, and another one, that's the idea, in this case, since Dennis had already fired the trigger move was backwards, I mean he has to,...

Adv. Y.  Singer :  This is to trigger a pull.

The witness, Mr. G.  Alon :             Yes."

Gil Alon's words indicate that firing two bullets, as in the case at hand, requires two presses on the trigger of the gun.  Even if the defendant's finger was in the trigger reserve due to the previous fire he fired in the air, in order to fire again, he had to pull the trigger again, all the more so when we are dealing with the firing of two additional bullets, which requires two separate pulls of the trigger.  In other words, even if we accept the argument that due to the forces and pressures exerted on the defendant during the struggle with the deceased, pressure was exerted on his finger that was on the trigger, this does not explain how two bullets were fired from the defendant's pistol.  Not only that.  Given that the trigger of the gun was pressed backwards and moved forward after each firing, it is not clear how the defendant did not notice or feel that two bullets had been fired, as he claimed.

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