McKee Defense Analysis: Motions, Hearsay Battles & Paths to Reasonable Doubt in Tepe Case

Michael McKee has entered his not guilty plea. Now his defense team faces the task of dismantling a prosecution case built on surveillance footage, witness statements, stolen plates, cell phone data, and vehicle tracking. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis provides a comprehensive analysis of the defense strategy in the murders of Monique Tepe and Spencer Tepe.

Eric explains why McKee waived his bail hearing—a calculated decision that reveals how the defense is approaching this case from day one. The real fight happens in pretrial motions, and Eric walks through what we should expect.

The affidavit includes damaging allegations of prior strangulation and forced sex during the marriage—abuse Monique never reported to police. The defense will move to exclude that testimony as prejudicial and unproven. Eric analyzes the motion and its chances of success.

We examine the hearsay battle over statements Monique allegedly made to friends about McKee's threats. She told people he said he could "kill her at any time," that he'd "find her and buy the house next to her," that "she will always be his wife." But Monique can't testify. Eric breaks down the defense's arguments and the exceptions prosecutors will invoke.

For evidence the defense can't exclude, Eric reveals the reframing strategies. How do you explain a phone going dark during the murder window? How do you spin surveillance footage showing your client at the property three weeks before? Can you separate the defendant from a vehicle that was allegedly tracked arriving and leaving?

And if acquittal isn't realistic—what does winning look like?

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