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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KGPE) - Jurors inactive person not agreed to a verdict successful the Erika Sandoval trial.
Sandoval admitted to sidesplitting her ex-husband, Daniel Green, successful his Goshen location backmost successful 2015.
The jurors deliberated for astir 4 hours connected the 2nd time earlier wrapping up their talks connected Wednesday.
This is the 2nd proceedings for Sandoval.
The past proceedings successful 2019 ended with a hung jury, which is considered a mistrial.
The existent proceedings successful Porterville has present lasted 4 months.
The Tulare District Attorney’s Office charged Sandoval with 1st Degree Premeditated Murder and is seeking the decease penalty.
Prosecutor David Alavezos painted Sandoval arsenic a jealous ex-wife who planned an ambush connected Green successful his home.
He said she broke successful erstwhile Green wasn't home, grabbed his guns, and waited successful a closet until helium got successful the bath to travel retired and sprout him connected the toilet.
Alavezos said her motive was jealousy implicit Green's caller narration and to get afloat custody of their two-year-old son.
Defense Attorney Megan Casebeer argued that Sandoval ne'er planned to termination Green 10 years ago.
She said Sandoval pulled the trigger retired of emotion and fear.
Sandoval testified that connected that February day, she broke into the location to snoop astir and panicked erstwhile Green arrived location aboriginal from the gym.
Casebeer claims years of maltreatment acceptable successful and claims her 38-year-old lawsuit acted retired of self-defense or, astatine most, committed manslaughter.
The 12 South Valley jurors person deliberated for astir 8 hours successful full implicit the past fewer days.
They did person a question for the justice this afternoon. YourCentralValley.com was not allowed wrong the courtroom erstwhile that question was asked, truthful it is unclear what precisely they needed clarification on.
The jurors volition beryllium backmost successful deliberations Thursday morning.
