Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Before jurors began deliberations Tuesday in the James Corsanti trial, they heard closing arguments, which in the mind of one former prosecutor, were critical.

"They're critically important, especially because the jury had nearly a week away from the case for circumstances beyond everyone's control, namely the holiday weekend," says former State Attorney General Dennis Vacco. "The long hiatus combined with the longer hiatus from the prosecution's delivery of its direct evidence made the closing arguments important." Vacco adds both prosecutors and defense attorneys needed to tie together their cases in getting jurors to remember evidence as far as three weeks back.

How the jurors will go about reaching this verdict is anyone's guess according to Vacco. "An element of the case I thought was most important the jury already made its mind up on, and were focused on something I rarely focused on," notes Vacco. As far as the order of charges, "Logically you'd assume they would start with the first charge, manslaughter, but for whatever reason they may start with the bottom charge because that may be easier to resolve."