The Harris murder trial continued throughout the week with the state prosecution completing their presentation of evidence at about 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Judge Garrison Hill said there was "sufficient evidence for the case to go forward."

In the case, Daniel Harris, 58, of 208 Folk Road, is accused of murdering his estranged wife, Sharon Lawson Harris, 50, of Whitmire on Jan. 8, 2007.

The afternoon of the shooting, Daniel Harris went to the Sheriff’s Office with his brother, informing officials of the situation.

Deputies then found Sharon Harris at Daniel Harris’ home lying on the kitchen floor with gun shots to her leg, side and head.

Daniel Harris says the death was a result of his self-defense.

Before the defense called its first witness, the state mentioned incidents between Daniel Harris and his first two wives, specifically where one fell out of the car while riding with Harris.

"He's never been charged with anything," said Harris' attorney, Rhett Burney.

"I'm not aware of any foundation for those prior incidents," said Hill.

Hill then spoke to Harris, telling him didn't have to testify.

Wearing a canary yellow button-down shirt with his head bobbing slightly and his right hand pressed against a cane, Harris said he didn't have much education.

"I ain't well educated, you know," he told the judge. "If I don't understand the question, you'll explain it to me, right?"

The judge again told Harris he had the right to not testify.

"The constitution gives everyone that right," Hill said.

When the jury was brought in, Hill said he expected the trial to be finished by the weekend, but if necessary, said they would continue Monday.

"Right now, we anticipate it being over by Friday," Hill said.

The defense first called Glenn Lester to the stand. Lester said he has known Harris for about 35 years and married Harris' brother's daughter.

Lester said he was at Daniel Harris' house to buy a truck the day Sharon Harris was arrested in 2006 after beating Daniel Harris with a pool stick, ripping off his shirt and resisting arrest.

"'I'm glad it's you and not him because I'm going to kill him,'" Lester said Sharon Harris said concerning Daniel Harris when she saw Lester.

Burney asked Lester what state of mind Sharon Harris was in that day, and the Newberry lawyer Mindy Zimmerman, assistant solicitor with Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office, objected.

Zimmerman said Lester couldn't know Sharon Harris’ state of mind.

Burney rephrased the question.

"Angry," Lester answered. "Agitated and very mad."

Next, Daniel Harris took the stand answering questions about his health.

He has neck, back, hip and heart problems plus diabetes, he said.

On disability since 1997, Daniel Harris said he took medicine for multiple ailments.

Burney then asked Harris if he was married.

"I was married," he said. "I'm a widower now."

Discussing Sharon Harris' mental state, Daniel Harris said she had "bipolar" and that he had her mentally evaluated at the probate court in 2006 after the pool stick beating.

He also filed for divorce and put a restraining order against his wife, he said.

The morning before Sharon Harris' death, Daniel Harris said she came to his door "crying and wanting money."

The Friday night before the Monday incident, Sharon Harris also was looking for money and was suicidal, Daniel Harris said.

“She said, ‘I feel like ending it’ and all that,” Daniel Harris said. He says he gave her $30 that Friday.

But the following Monday, when Sharon Harris found out he was going for a Guardian ad Litem appointment for custody of the couple's three children, "all hell broke loose," he said.

"You'll regret that," Daniel Harris said his wife told him before she slammed the door and left.

Daniel Harris says he locked the front door, went to the bathroom, got his medicine and went to get juice out of the refrigerator when he heard a bang.

Sharon Harris was at his back door with a gun.

Then in a shaky waning voice, Daniel Harris described the situation.

"I turned around startled," he said. "Please don't kill me...We wouldn't be here today if she wouldn't have (violated restraining orders)."

"I didn't have no time to think...it all went blur," he said.

The couple wrestled over the gun and Harris said he didn't remember much.

"When I came to my senses, I was across the street at my truck," he said in a strained voice.

He called his brother in California, and says he didn't want to go back inside for fear that Sharon Harris would kill him.

"I didn't know if she was alive or dead. I didn't want to get killed," he said.

Burney then asked him if he admits to shooting his wife, and also if he denies shooting her.

"I don't know," Daniel Harris answered both times. "All I could do was keep her from shooting me," he said.

Upon cross-examination from the state, Daniel Harris said Sharon Harris threatened him after he unsuccessfully tried to get her to leave.

"I begged her, 'If you leave, I won't call the police,’" he said.

"'I'm going to jail you SOB and you're going to hell," he says Sharon Harris replied.

He then wrestled for the gun and grabbed her arms, Daniel Harris said.

He told Zimmerman that maybe the first of the shots fired hit in her head, but he wasn't sure.

Zimmerman restated with a question if, in fact, Daniel Harris couldn't remember where he first shot his wife, or remember standing over her and shooting her twice more.

Zimmerman then asked Daniel Harris if he remembered changing his clothes before putting them in a well, and if he just all of a sudden came to.

"It didn't seem real, ma'am," he answered.

Zimmerman also pointed out that Daniel Harris called a brother in California, but didn't call for help for his wife.

"I did what anyone would have done," he said.