Jury set to begin deliberating in Fresno County's first fentanyl murder case

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Cassidy Gonzalez's destiny volition soon beryllium up to a assemblage aft attorneys made their last arguments connected Monday.

"She acted deliberately, knowing afloat good the dangers that fentanyl posed," authoritative Kendall Reynolds said of Gonzalez.

"This is simply a circumstantial grounds lawsuit for the astir portion with 1 large question: Did Cassidy Gonzalez perpetrate a murder?" defence lawyer Greg Gross said.

Gonzalez is warring for her innocence, pleading not blameworthy to murder.

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Prosecutors accidental she killed Jade Dreith successful 2022 by selling her a deadly dose of fentanyl.

"Cassidy Gonzalez sent that connection and admitted to providing the pills that killed Jade," Reynolds said.

The lawsuit is the archetypal of its benignant successful Fresno County and is pushing ineligible limits arsenic it asks the assemblage to determine if selling fentanyl, a cause known to beryllium deadly, is the aforesaid arsenic acting with implied malice.

"She deliberately acted anyhow connected January 15, 2022," Reynolds said. "That's what makes this murder, and I'm going to inquire you each to find Cassidy Gonzalez blameworthy of second-degree execution successful this case."

Gonzalez's defence is pushing back, saying the authorities failed to beryllium Gonzalez is responsible.

"The suspect is Cassidy Gonzalez," Gross said. "The suspect is not fentanyl. Cassidy Gonzalez is my client. Fentanyl is not my client."

Seven men and 8 women heard grounds for days.

Many took notes, and immoderate looked straight astatine Gonzalez, who chose not to testify.

Instead, her lawyer called 1 witnesser past week. Their full lawsuit lasted conscionable 4 minutes and 41 seconds.

"The prosecution has the burden," Gross said. "I don't person the load to beryllium that thing I've said to you is existent beyond a tenable doubt. Prosecution has to beryllium each elements beyond a tenable doubt."

The justice ordered jurors to instrumentality connected Tuesday greeting to statesman deliberations. Their verdict indispensable beryllium unanimous.

If convicted, Gonzalez could look up to beingness successful prison.

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