Jury deliberations continued this week in the Seth Cravens trial following a dramatic closing argument Monday by his attorney who got within five inches of the prosecutor’s face and yelled an obscenity while pretending to be slain surfer Emery Kauanui Jr. Attorney Mary Ellen Attridge called the prosecutor’s murder case “a runaway train” in which she asked that Cravens, 22, be acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the May 28, 2007, death of Kauanui in front of his mother’s home in La Jolla. “Choo, choo!” concluded Attridge. Attridge claimed Kauanui was “not some docile victim” and instead was the aggressor, citing the testimony of Matthew Yanke, 22, who told jurors last week that Kauanui stepped up to Cravens and yelled at him within five inches of Cravens’ face. “How the (expletive), how the (expletive), how the (expletive) did you come over to my house?” Attridge screamed to Deputy District Attorney Sophia Roach. Roach froze and gave no reaction to the outburst. She rose and told jurors in a rebuttal argument that “insulting words are not a defense.” Roach told jurors Yanke lied about the exchange between Cravens and Kauanui and that Cravens was the aggressor, not Kauanui. Yanke didn’t say Kauanui yelled the expletive three times as Attridge had illustrated. Roach urged the nine-man, three-woman jury to compare Yanke’s testimony to that of other witnesses, such as the victim’s neighbors who called police and Kauanui’s girlfriend, Jennifer Grosso. She said Grosso was “a courageous, courageous young woman” who was “the only person to try and stop the attack” at the scene by Cravens and four others around 1:30 a.m. on May 24, 2007. “There is no self-defense here. Seth comes at him at a pace, delivers a punch that knocks Emery out before he hits the ground,” argued Roach. “He hits the ground with a sickening thud.” Both sides agree that Kauanui’s head hitting the pavement caused brain damage that led to his death four days later. Roach said that Kauanui’s “brain was shaken,” causing it to bleed and fracture. She said surgeons cut his skull open to allow for swelling, but that didn’t save him. Roach quoted a witness as saying Cravens had laughed about Kauanui’s injury before he died, saying he “put him to sleep” in the hospital. Roach started her closing argument Nov. 7 by showing a skull replica to the jury and saying it was “common knowledge” that people protect their heads from injury, such as wearing helmets while on motorcycles or playing football. “This is an intentional act, the deliberate, fatal punch. This is not an accident. This is a group attack,” Roach argued. “He is uniquely aware of the force of his punch. He knew it was dangerous.” Attridge disagreed, asking, “Who knew that one left-handed punch could result in death? One punch is not cruel or unusual.” The jury deliberated 3 1/2 hours Monday before going home; the jury and court had Tuesday off for Veterans Day. An early verdict wasn’t expected because jurors also must decide nine other charges involving previous assaults to other people, some going back several years. Cravens, who lived with his parents in La Jolla, did not testify in his trial, which began on Oct. 27. He is also accused of making a criminal threat, numerous assaults and battery charges involving people who were punched at parties that Cravens and other members of the “Bird Rock Bandits” crashed. Ironically, both Roach and Attridge argued against the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter. Both said there was no “heat of passion” at the moment, such as the textbook example of someone finding his or her spouse in bed with someone else and spontaneously killing the spouse, lover or both. Attridge mentioned the offense of involuntary manslaughter as an option but strongly urged jurors to acquit Cravens. She did concede that he was apparently guilty of several assault and battery charges, telling jurors she “would not waste your time” in argument against several counts involving other victims. Jurors know there are others charged in Kauanui’s death since Yanke and Henri “Hank” Hendricks, 22, testified in jail clothing. They do not know their plea agreements. Yanke, Orlando Osuna, 23, and Eric House, 21, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and Hendricks pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact. They were all given varying jail sentences on terms of three years’ probation. Both attorneys agreed the start of the dispute began in the Brew House when Kauanui spilled a drink upon House, and both were ordered to leave. Roach mentioned the security at the bar ejected several defendants upon learning they were under 21 years of age. Attridge said all five men showed up at Kauanui’s house to finish the “one on one” fight between Kauanui and House. She showed a color photo in which House’s face was bleeding profusely after a cap from a tooth was knocked out. “Emery is cruising for a fight. He’s as much a participant as anyone else,” Attridge said. “If Emery was in a homicidal state, the actions of Seth Cravens were reasonable.” In rebuttal, Roach disagreed, saying, “Mr. Kauanui had a right to use self-defense. He was attacked in the street. He was the first to go down.” Cravens has remained in county jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail since his arrest in May of 2007.