article_snippet: Assistant District Attorney Marcus Reid told jurors that Garrard of capital murder had cried in the courtroom at the mention of the victim birthday, but didn't cry when jurors were shown the soiled blue pants Savannah was wearing the night of the victim collapse. '
article_snippet: Because Thursday was Garrard's birthday, deputies allowed Heather to hug relatives across the short wall that separates the front of the courtroom from the spectators before court opened in the morning.
article_snippet: Joyce embraced Joyce husband Johnny Garrard for several minutes, rubbing her husband Johnny Garrard back and the back of her husband Johnny Garrard head as Joyce and Joyce relatives wept.
article_snippet: Afterward, Joyce sat down at the defense table and stared at Joyce son and Savannah's father, Robert, who was in the courtroom for the first time.
article_snippet: her husband Johnny Garrard sat directly behind the prosecution table and did not appear to return the eye contact.