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The Fresno antheral accused of sidesplitting his wife's erstwhile fellow appeared successful tribunal connected Tuesday.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- 46-year-old Michael Jacintho faced a Fresno County justice connected Tuesday during his preliminary hearing.
Jacintho is accused of shooting and sidesplitting 43-year-old Sevastion Prado connected June 19. Prosecutors accidental Prado is the ex-boyfriend of Jacintho's wife.
A cardinal witness, Jacintho's stepson, took the stand. Action News was told not to amusement his look for privateness reasons.
The witnesser told the tribunal helium went with Jacintho to Prado's location to get his ma but she didn't privation to spell location with them.
The witnesser says Jacintho was huffy astatine his woman due to the fact that she was visiting Prado.
After dropping disconnected his stepson astatine their home, prosecutors judge Jacintho went backmost to Prado's house. And that's erstwhile officers accidental Jacintho opened fire, shooting Prado.
Authorities judge Jacintho carried retired the onslaught successful beforehand of his wife.
"She heard what she describes arsenic a gunshot. And erstwhile she heard that, she assumed that Prado got changeable truthful she got successful beforehand of Prado to forestall him from getting changeable again," Zafer Babayigit with the Fresno Police Department said.
Officers accidental Jacintho's woman was visibly upset aft the shooting, making it hard to cod information.
"I observed the unfortunate laying adjacent to the furniture that was successful the country unresponsive," Ralph Guerra with the Fresno Police Department said.
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The defence is suggesting a antithetic theory.
"How did you marque the determination that Miss Burcher is perfectly not a fishy successful this case?" Jacintho's defence lawyer questioned.
The justice has recovered capable grounds for Jacintho to look proceedings for the execution of Sevation Prade.
A day has not yet been set.
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