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"This murder is complicated." the sheriff said. Haledjian replied, "Okay, let's hear the story." "So the judge, Judge Norvelle, invited about twenty people to a party. Only three people were sitting at the table when the judge was shot. There was the judge, Mayor Stykes, and ex-criminal Gene Stykes. The mayor and Gene are brothers, so the mayor has his brother's back on everything. And if you ask me, even to kill the judge." The sheriff continued, "You see, the judge had sent Gene to jail before for being guilty of a bank robbery. Some people still say Gene was innocent. "The gun was found on the ground facing the judge. The judge was sitting across the table from Gene and Mayor Stykes when it happened. Gene was sitting to the right of the mayor. So if Gene held the gun in his right hand, like everyone at that table would, it would have been out in the open for a party member to see. The mayor must have shot and killed the judge." "Were there any fingerprints on the trigger?" Haledjian questioned. "No, sir." the sheriff said, "However, there was the three broken glasses found on the floor. The glasses belonged to the three men at that table. The judge's was the only glass still unused when he was shot." the sheriff continued, "I belive the murderer is the mayor." "Or not." Haledjian replied. Who does haledjian think is the killer and why does he think so?

The answer is that the judge killed himself because he used his right hand to pull the trigger instead of drink his beverage.