LISBON — An outburst by aggravated murder defendant Jeno Wall during a police officer’s testimony resulted in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton yelling at him and threatening him with contempt.

The two exchanged words at least twice Wednesday during his jury trial, first in the morning when she chastised two women in the gallery for making faces and remarks during witness testimony and then again when he yelled “tell the truth” while Wellsville Police Patrolman Caden Weekley was testifying.

“I asked you to take my fingerprints. Tell the truth,” he yelled as Bickerton sent the jurors into the jury room and yelled at Wall to stop talking.

“I’m never going to stop defending myself,” he said.

“You do not talk over me!” Bickerton screamed. “I told you to stop talking. Anymore outbursts I’ll find you in contempt.”

She also told Wall, “When it’s your turn, you can say whatever you want on the stand. You don’t have the right to interrupt a witness testifying.”

When she asked if he understood, he said nothing, then she asked him again, “Do you understand?”

“I’m not talking to you,” he said.

After the jurors returned, she apologized to them.

For the remainder of the proceedings, Wall kept his mouth shut.

Earlier in the day, Bickerton gave a lesson in courtroom decorum when she stopped, sent the jurors on a break and then looked toward the gallery and said she didn’t want any faces or talking by the audience during testimony and if it continued, the offending party would be removed.

She also commented about people going in and out and said it’s distracting to her and the jurors and she expects everybody to follow the rules.

Wall then started questioning the judge and said “I’m trying to fight for my rights.”

She told him this is to protect him and explained she wasn’t reacting to anything he did but to someone in the gallery. She said she would do the same if it was him on the stand and someone was making noise or being disruptive.

At the time of the afternoon outburst, Caden Weekley was talking about the police interview of Wall on Sept. 10, 2024, how he was very agitated and said he was doing drugs. During the interview, Wall allegedly claimed he was at a house on Clark Avenue in Wellsville all night long watching movies and eating popcorn at the time of the shooting of Robert E. Herron. He denied knowing Brandon Kessler, who other witnesses had placed him with, but did say he knew Robert E. Herron’s girlfriend was Tiffany Sattler.

Wall is accused of killing Robert E. “Hubba” Herron during a shooting on Sept. 9, 2024 on 10th Avenue in Wellsville. Witnesses also testified about Wall being with Tiffany after the shooting and Caden Weekley said he was protective of her and said she had nothing to do with this. He also said Wall was asking a lot of questions, which county Assistant Prosecutor Tammie Riley Jones asked if it was like he was trying to find out what police knew.

When asked about Hubba’s death, Caden Weekley said Wall commented that it was probably an overdose.

The last witness of the day was Dr. Alison Krywanczyk, a forensic pathologist and deputy medical examiner for the Cuyahoga Medical Examiner’s Office, who performed the autopsy on Herron. She said the bullet entered the upper part of the right side of the back, then traveled downward through the right lung, the abdominal artery, fractured the spinal column and struck a major blood vessel. There was no exit wound, with the projectile found on the vertebrae and recovered.

She also talked about several blunt force injuries, including bruises on his upper lip and a laceration of the upper lip. When asked if a fist or hand could cause those injuries, she said yes it could. She also talked about findings of a toxicology report, but said those findings don’t impact the cause of death, which was a gunshot wound to the back, with the manner of death a homicide.

The trial is continuing this morning.