Prosecution rests after witnesses, phone recording and fingerprint testimony in Bexar County shooting trial

Prosecutors rested their case in a Bexar County criminal trial before Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court after presenting fingerprint comparisons, a recorded telephone call and testimony from multiple witnesses who placed a man holding a firearm near a car that witnesses said was fired upon.

The case centers on an incident investigators say occurred Oct. 10, 2022; the defendant, Dominique Nicholson, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm. Prosecutors told jurors that testimony and physical evidence introduced at trial met the elements required by the court’s charge; the defense urged jurors to find reasonable doubt, citing investigative gaps and the absence of a recovered firearm or spent shell casings at the scene.

Nut graf: Why this matters — jurors will decide whether the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Nicholson threatened imminent bodily injury by using or exhibiting a deadly weapon and whether he possessed a firearm while prohibited from doing so. If convinced, jurors could convict on aggravated assault; the trial also includes a felony possession count tied to a prior conviction listed in the record.

Most important evidence and testimony

- Fingerprint comparison: Andrew Kodiari, a fingerprint examiner…