Closing arguments in Erika Sandoval murder trial continue

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- In the South Valley, closing arguments proceed successful Erika Sandoval's execution trial.

After a astir three-month trial, jurors are present listening to closing arguments. Today, the prosecution laid retired its case.

This 2nd execution proceedings for Erika Sandoval is adjacent to coming to an end.

Sandoval has admitted to shooting and sidesplitting her ex-husband, Daniel Green, successful 2015.

The defence says she was a battered pistillate who acted connected fearfulness and impulse aft breaking into his location to prime up immoderate of their child's belongings.

But Tuesday was the prosecution's crook to laic retired their closing arguments. They accidental Sandoval was a jealous ex-wife.

"She went determination to execution Daniel due to the fact that of that, and fixed the information that she acted truthful mean astatine the taxation assignment truthful mean astatine her house, had she gotten distant with it, she'd inactive beryllium acting normal," explains Dave Alavezos, Lead Prosecutor.

Throughout the trial, the defence highlighted the troubling narration betwixt the two.

Even calling a scientist to attest connected what they accidental qualifies Sandoval arsenic an abused woman.

But prosecutors disagree.

"The missing gun, that appeared to beryllium missing successful the mediate of an argument, erstwhile Daniel got concerned, due to the fact that helium said, 'We're arguing, wherefore is this not wherever it's expected to be? I recognize you had it retired past nighttime due to the fact that I wasn't here, and that's fine, but it went missing from wherever it was earlier this morning, and we're arguing, and that's bad.'" mentions Dave Alavezos, Lead Prosecutor.

Early successful the trial, Sandoval, her mother, friends, and erstwhile coworkers testified to witnessing abusive behaviour by Green towards Sandoval.

Sandoval's parent said she was acrophobic of Green's presumption arsenic an Exeter constabulary officer.

But prosecutors accidental the suspect planned the crime.

"Daniel said if I'm ever dead, you request to look astatine the suspect due to the fact that she did it," said Dave Alavezos, Lead Prosecutor.

During the archetypal proceedings successful 2019, a justice declared a mistrial erstwhile 1 juror said they could not find Sandoval guilty.

Now, wrong days, this caller assemblage volition person Sandoval's destiny successful their hands.

The prosecution is expected to wrapper up closing arguments connected Wednesday, giving the defence their past accidental to code the jury.

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