(CNN) — Brian Walshe did not take the stand in his murder trial before his attorneys rested their case Thursday morning without putting on any evidence.

This appears to be a change of course for the defense – his attorneys had indicated during a sidebar at the end of the day Wednesday that he would testify, Judge Diane Freniere said before the jury entered the courtroom.

When she asked the defense to confirm whether Walshe, 50, still planned to take the stand Thursday morning, defense attorney Larry Tipton said no – Walshe wouldn’t testify and they wouldn’t put on a defense.

Walshe said, “I will not testify,” when the judge asked him to confirm the decision in his own words.

Prosecutors in Massachusetts rested their case on Wednesday, after calling about 50 witnesses across eight days

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