Defense rests after four minutes in Fresno County's first fentanyl murder trial

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- After prosecutors made their lawsuit for days, the woman accused of murdering Jade Dreith had the accidental to wide her name.

"Does the defence person grounds it wishes to person the assemblage consider?" Judge Alvin Harrell III asked.

Defense lawyer Greg Gross responded, "Yes."

Cassidy Gonzalez's defence called conscionable 1 witnesser Friday: the prosecution's investigator.

Gross focused connected the cause buybacks Commander Michael Johns conducted.

"You besides testified astir the controlled bargain that took spot connected September 29, 2022?" Gross asked Johns.

"Yes," Johns responded.

Gonzalez has pleaded not blameworthy to murder.

Investigators judge Jade Dreith died conscionable hours aft Gonzalez sold her 3 bluish pills.

Prosecutors accidental they were laced with fentanyl, and judge Gonzalez knew they were deadly.

The assemblage was told to see Gonzalez's erstwhile cause convictions.

But Gross made the constituent that those convictions were lone due to the fact that prosecutors acceptable her up.

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"So, the convictions yesterday and the enactment during your investigation...are each 1 and the same?" Gross asked.

"Yes, they are," Johns replied.

"Thank you, I person nary further questions astatine this time," Gross said, concluding the defense's case.

It lasted conscionable 4 minutes and 41 seconds.

The prosecution's lawsuit went connected for 5 days.

"It makes nary quality however galore witnesses are called from either side," Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said. "It's who you believe, and connected the people's side, you person to judge their witnesses beyond a tenable doubt."

Capozzi says Gonzalez is presumed innocent. She did not person to attest and she chose not to.

"What does the suspect program connected doing with respect to testifying?" asked Judge Harrell III.

"She volition not beryllium testifying," said Gross

Judge Harrell asked if she was sure, saying, "You've had plentifulness of clip to determine and, you are, astatine this time, deciding you are not going to testify?"

"Yes," said Gonzalez.

"That suspect is presumed guiltless passim this full trial, and the information that the suspect doesn't instrumentality the stand, is simply a law close not to, and you cannot presume that that idiosyncratic is guilty," Capozzi said.

Jurors are present acceptable to instrumentality Monday greeting to perceive closing arguments from some sides.

They could commencement deliberating arsenic soon arsenic Monday afternoon. It volition beryllium up to them to determine if Cassidy Gonzales volition go a convicted killer.