CINCINNATI (AP) — A dying, paralyzed man who couldn’t speak intentionally blinked his eyes to identify a photo of his attacker for authorities, prosecutors said Wednesday in opening statements at the suspect’s murder trial, while the defense insists those blinks were inconsistent and unreliable.

Those arguments in the trial of Ricardo Woods are expected to be repeated over the next few weeks as jurors are asked to decide whether Woods killed David Chandler, of Cincinnati. Chandler, 35, died about two weeks after a shooting Oct. 28, 2010, left him paralyzed from the neck down and only able to communicate with his eyes. Woods was later charged with murder, felonious assault and weapons counts in the case.