[Location - Date:CHICAGO][Source:][VO:][VOICE-OVER]TRACK#1 THE DEFENSE HAS RESTED I N THE MURDER TRIAL OF OSCAR WINNER JENNIFER HUDSON'S FORMER BROTHER IN LAW -- WILLIAM BALFOUR.HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HUDSON'S MOTHER -- BROTHER AND SEVEN YEAR OLD NEPHEW IN CHICAGO THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. TUESDAY -- THE DEFENSE PUT ON A BRIEF CASE -- CALLING TWO POLICE DETECTIVES TO TESTIFY.HOWEVER -- BALFOUR DID **NOT** TAKE THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.WITH NO SURVIVING WITNESSES --PROSECUTORS HAVE SPENT TWO WEEKS LAYING OUT A LARGELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE.AFTER PROSECUTORS FINISHED -- BALFOUR'S ATTORNEY SOUGHT TO HAVE THE CHARGES DISMISSED, BUT THE JUDGE SAID NO.HUDSON WAS PROSECUTION'S FIRST WITNESS.SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HER FAMILY -- AND ABOUT HOW MUCH SHE DISLIKED BALFOUR.SHE HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE TRIAL FROM THE START.CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY.------------------------------THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: Ross Simpson -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: Ned Barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP -----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: dstarddard ----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: None----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): None--------------------------------