Prosecutors say suspect pulled trigger in Parlier murder, defense says there's no evidence

A Parlier execution probe that erstwhile appeared to person gone acold warmed up successful tribunal connected Wednesday.

PARLIER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno County assemblage is present proceeding grounds successful the lawsuit of an accused Parlier killer.

Francisco Munoz sat stone-faced arsenic attorneys made their opening statements Wednesday.

Prosecutors told the assemblage that Munoz changeable and killed Silvano Mendoza.

He was a begetter of 5 connected his mode to enactment aboriginal 1 morning.

"Mr. Silvano Mendoza exited the vehicle," authoritative Ismail Aliyev said.

"He made a mates of steps toward the location and collapsed successful the writer driveway area."

Bullets besides deed different man, but helium survived.

The 28-year-old Munoz has pleaded not blameworthy to 1 number of execution and 2 counts of attempted murder.

The defence says helium was framed by different antheral arsenic investigators closed in.

"Nothing until helium knew instrumentality enforcement was looking for him," defence lawyer Antonio Alvarez said.

"And it's lone astatine that point, the grounds volition amusement to fundamentally get the unit disconnected him - 'Hey, look, I had thing to bash with it. This feline did. Frank did.'"

Prosecutors expect to play surveillance video of the incidental for the jury.

Just moments aft 1 car pulls up, different 1 comes up down it, and investigators accidental determination was a flash.

They antecedently called it a deadly lawsuit of mistaken identity.

"It is that gunfire emanating from that metallic sedan that caused the wounded to Mr. Mendoza's backmost that yet caused his bosom to beryllium deed and stopped," Aliyev said.

Prosecutors accidental Munoz pulled the trigger, but the defence says determination is nary carnal grounds that links him to the crime.

The man's lawyer questioned investigators astir the ammunition casings they recovered. He wanted to cognize if they utilized gloves and took pictures of each six.

The researcher said helium took photos of two.

Court documents uncover the proceedings could past astir 2 weeks arsenic attorneys marque their case.

If convicted, Munoz could look up to beingness successful situation for the execution charge.

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