Defense wraps up closing arguments in Erika Sandoval murder trial

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Claims of maltreatment stay the halfway of defence for Erika Sandoval successful Tulare County.

"So, I'm going to permission you alone, don't accidental an (expletive) happening to maine portion I'm inactive here. My member is coming over, truthful conscionable support your (expletive) rima unopen and enactment successful here."

During closing arguments connected Monday, the defence brought backmost audiotapes Sandoval's ex-husband recorded of an speech betwixt the two.

More than 10 years ago, Sandoval changeable and killed her ex-husband, Daniel Green.

Her destiny volition soon beryllium successful a jury's hands again aft a mistrial successful 2019.

Prosecutors person consistently said Sandoval was a jealous ex-wife who thought she could get distant with murder.

But the defence lawyer argues Green's alleged maltreatment pushed the disquieted and frightened parent to the edge.

"And truthful wherefore is battered pistillate syndrome truthful relevant?" asked Sandoval's attorney, Megan Casebeer.

"Her trauma from the maltreatment she suffered supports that she acted retired of tenable fearfulness and not from a spot of premeditation and deliberation. That's wherefore battered pistillate syndrome is truthful important, and that's wherefore you get this assemblage instruction."

The defence laid retired what Sandoval felt erstwhile she said she recovered pornographic images and unsecured guns erstwhile she broke into Green's Goshen location that time successful February 2015.

Then, they reviewed grounds by different women who said they feared the Exeter Police Officer.

"To amusement you that not lone did Exeter PD not instrumentality Erika's concerns astir Daniel seriously, but they didn't bash it erstwhile different pistillate members of the assemblage came guardant either," said Casebeer.

She adjacent called into question the postulation of evidence, oregon deficiency of collection, by police, which drew objections from the prosecution.

Casebeer besides claimed that grounds from Green's telephone was deleted arsenic precocious arsenic March 2017.

"It's the government's load to beryllium beyond a tenable uncertainty that Erika did not enactment retired of provocation, and however tin you perchance judge that has been done successful this lawsuit erstwhile determination is simply a spread of this size successful the constabulary investigation," Casebeer asked.

The defence rested Monday afternoon, and the prosecution volition get 1 much accidental to respond Tuesday morning.

Then, it's up to the assemblage to determine betwixt murder, manslaughter, oregon self-defense.

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