This afternoon, the jury in the Jason Warren trial heard concluding jury instructions from Judge Timothy Cissna which took an hour and 15 minutes. After break, Judge Cissna had to read the last part of the instructions again.
Other than standard jury instructions, Judge Cissna went into details each count and special allegations and options of lesser counts that the jury can consider.
After the afternoon break, Special Prosecutor Mr. Paul Sequeira started his closing argument and he seemed almost done when Judge Cissna announced it was time to recess for the day at 4:30 p.m.
Closing arguments will continue tomorrow. It is expected that the jury will start deliberations tomorrow.
Jason Warren is charged in Count 1 with the murder of Dorothy Ulrich, with three special allegations for Count 1: multiple counts of murder, killing while lying in wait and infliction of torture. In Count 2, Warren is charged with the murder of Suzanne Seemann, in Count 3 with the attempted murder of Jessica Hunt, in Count 4, with the attempted murder of Terri Vroman Little. There are two special allegations of his prior serious felony convictions as a juvenile in 2001 for attempted murder with great bodily injury and carjacking with great bodily injury.
"If" he's found guilty, will he be sentenced right away? Or will there be a sentencing trial?
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