RALEIGH -- Is a Raleigh couple responsible for teenagers drinking at their home during a wedding last summer?
That's what a Wake County jury must decide.
Charles and Kimberley Matthews are on trial for aiding and abetting underage drinking at their home.
One of the teens, J.T. Taylor, drove drunk, wrecked and died instantly.
J.T.'s mom, Carrie Taylor, cried as she testified about the night her son died in a drunk driving accident.
He went to a wedding at his friend, Thomas Matthews' house.
"This trial is about the responsibility of Dr. Charles Matthews and Kimberley Matthews and what they did that night to allow this to happen," said prosecutor Jason Waller.
Teens who went to the wedding testified that before it started, they bought and quickly drank a fifth of Jack Daniels at a neighbor's house.
After the wedding they say they openly drank wine at the reception.
"We were underage. There was free alcohol, and we wanted to get as much as we could," said friend Anna Ergish.
Wedding pictures show the teens drinking with wine glasses on their table.
Shortly after 10 p.m., Taylor texted his parents asking for a ride home. When his father, a state trooper, got there, Taylor had left.
While driving around searching for their son, the Taylors drove up on the site of the deadly crash.
"As a mother, I knew something horrible had happened," said Carrie Taylor.
Prosecutors blame the Matthews for not stopping the teens from drinking at their house.
"I said, 'Kim, John is dead.' She said, 'I saw him stumbling earlier,'" said Taylor.
But the defense says the teens were hiding their drinking from the Matthews, and it was the bartenders who served them.
"You're not going to hear Kimberly or Chip Matthews drank with them or gave them alcohol," said defense attorney Hart Miles.
Defense attorneys say the teens were intent on getting drunk that night, calling it selfish and reckless.
On Monday, the Matthews' son, Thomas, pleaded guilty to underage purchase of alcohol. He will be sentenced after his parents' trial is over.
Even if convicted, it's unlikely any of them will face jail time.