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Jury trial opened in San Antonio unauthorized-use case; court admits body-camera video for inspection
Summary
A Bexar County jury trial began in a case over the alleged unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The state presented victim and police witnesses and the court admitted a body-camera recording as State's Exhibit 2, subject to both parties' further review for motion-in-limine objections.
A jury trial opened in Bexar County criminal court on charges that an individual identified by the state as the operator of a reportedly stolen vehicle used another person's SUV without permission. Judge Stephanie Boyd, 187th District, presided over opening statements, witness testimony and evidentiary rulings.
In an opening statement, the prosecutor told jurors the case was straightforward: the vehicle owner, Joelle Foster, testified she left her SUV in a university dental-school parking garage on June 14, returned and found the spot empty, and police later found the vehicle being driven by the person the state identified as the defendant. "This is very simple," the prosecutor…
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