Jury Deliberations to Continue in Phillipos Trial

Jury deliberations continue Wednesday in the trial of a friend of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Jury deliberations continue Wednesday in the trial of a friend of Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Phillipos, 20, is accused of misleading investigators about whether he watched two other friends take evidence from the dorm of the alleged bomber after Tsarnaev had been identified as a suspect. One of those friends, Azamat Tazhayakov, who has been convicted of taking items from the bombing suspect's room, testified against Phillipos during his trial.

The government says Phillipos has confessed to lying to investigators about what he did with his friend on April 18, 2013 - the day the FBI released pictures of the alleged bombing suspects.

During closing arguments Tuesday, lawyers for Robel Phillipos argued their client couldn't remember certain details about the days following the bombings because he was too high on marijuana.

They acknowledged Phillipos was in Tsarnaev's dorm room while two other friends removed potential evidence, but say Phillipos was too high to notice.

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