"They're going to crucify his ass."

Those are the words of Ron Wilburn, the star witness in the trial of City Councillor Chuck Turner, just after he wrapped up testifying to the jury.

Caught standing by the elevators of the Moakley Courthouse, and with his attorney elsewhere, Wilburn gave the following assessment to reporters: It won't be the money that gets Turner, it will be the alleged false statements he made to the FBI about not knowing Wilburn, an undercover informant for the FBI. Turner, who represents Roxbury and Dorchester, is also charged with accepting a $1,000 bribe.

"He's dead. He's gone," Wilburn said.

Turner, a member of the Green-Rainbow Party, has denied any wrongdoing. And he was indignant when reporters asked him today whether he still planned on testifying. "I have to testify," Turner said.

The Globe has reported his attorney, Barry Wilson, disagrees with Turner's strategy. As Turner was speaking, Wilson emerged from the courtroom to see his client in the middle of the small crowd of reporters and supporters and shook his head.

Wilson said he was heartened by the testimony of South Boston's City Councillor Bill Linehan, who took the witness stand after Wilburn. Wilson argued that Linehan's testimony showed that Turner was pushing for a hearing on the liquor license at the heart of the case against him and former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, while others, including Wilkerson and others on the City Council and Beacon Hill, did not want one, preferring to handle it behind closed doors. The hearing, which Wilson said was the only thing Turner was involved with, never occurred.

"Nobody else wanted any part of it," Wilson said.