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Emphasizing positive answers with nods of her head. Lt. Daley said that Col. Holmes stood out in her mind although he had been her patient three years ago "and 1 can't say that about too many people..."

On the afternoon of October 27, Daley testified that she heard the call bell from the colonel's room and at the same time. Dr. Neilson stepped into the hall to tell her that Col. Holmes wanted her help with some document. She recalled entering the patient’s room with Stevenson while the doctor, wearing a lab coat and dark pants, stood at the door. The colonel asked her to witness the document which she read after Holmes signed it and before she signed. Lt. Daley testified. She positively identified the paper shown her in court as the document she signed on October 27, adding that it had not been part of or attached to anything else.

The nurse told the court that on the day the will was executed. Col. Holmes appeared mentally competent and alert. ‘‘I could understand everything he said...He knew what he was asking us to do...I believe he was competent at the time he signed his will." Lt. Dalev added that she didn't hear or see Dr. Neilson say anything to the colonel or touch him during the will signing ceremony.

Although she never discussed the will afterwards with Holmes, Daley said she continued to see him on a regular basis right up to the day he left the hospital. She told the court that she never witnessed any fcizarre or unusual behavior on his part and that he always appeared in control, both emotionally and mentally. "He talked to me about going home all the time. He wanted to be with his dog." she said. Holmes also spoke of his friends but

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