Video: Did Huguely intend to kill Love?

>> george huguely's murder case will begin deliberations on wednesday morning. he's the former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his girlfriend-year-oldly love. lawyers on both sides made their closing arguments in a rare saturday court session. nbc's mike viqueira has details.

>> after two weeks of testimony, the defense and prosecution rested, leaving the fate of george huguely in the hands of the jury. on the final day of testimony, neurosurgeon ronald ushinski emerged from the courtroom after telling jurors he did not think a blow to the head killed yeardley love.

>> did you explain out here why you did not think she died of trauma?

>> i thought she died of oxygen deprivation.

>> reporter: prosecutors charge huguely with breaking into her apartment intent on killing her. delivering his closing argument , prosecutor david chapman 's voice broke as he described love on the night she died. she made a choice to stay in the safety of her home. only to have a drunken huguely burst in and attack love, chapman said. then leave her to die slowly, face down in her bed.

>> well, legally, if george huguely was so drunk that he couldn't form a coherent thought, then he can't be guilty under virginia law of first degree murder.

>> reporter: huguely attorney frances lawrence called love's death a tragic accident. a combination of injures inflebted by huguely and alcohol she drank earlier that night. he played' role in that, that's a fact, lawrence admitted. but portrayed huguely as incapable of planting and carrying out her murder. he's not calculating. he is what you get. he's a boy athlete. and said hid client was stupid, unthoughtful, loud and clumsy and intoxicated. another complication for huguely, he took love's computer as he left her apartment.

>> i think they're going to focus first on premeditation. second, was there a robbery. third was whether there was a larceny, was it grand larceny . and once they've made those decisions then everything kind of falls into place.

>> reporter: the jurors won't begin their deliberations until wednesday. they sort through the six charges brought against huguely. for "today," mike viqueira, nbc news.

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