Criminal
Aug. 31, 2023
Jury begins deliberating California’s fentanyl murder trial
Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin is applying a legal argument similar to that used in fatal drunken driving cases.
RIVERSIDE — The jury began deliberating Wednesday in California’s first murder trial against a man accused of causing a death by giving a young woman fentanyl knowing it could be fatal.
“He knew that these counterfeit pills were dangerous and put human life at risk. He ignored those dangers and gave it to her anyway. We have a word for that and it’s ‘murder,’” Deputy District Attorney Jerry Pfohl told the Riverside County Superior Court jur...
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