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Jury given charge in Johnny De La Rosa aggravated‑assault trial; deliberations begin
Summary
After the court read detailed self‑defense instructions in the aggravated‑assault case, prosecutors and defense counsel presented closing arguments that framed the central question for jurors: whether the defendant acted with a pretext to use deadly force or reasonably feared imminent deadly force. Jurors were sent to deliberate.
The judge in the 187th Judicial District read the jury charge and legal definitions in the aggravated‑assault case against Johnny De La Rosa and sent jurors to begin deliberations. The written instruction explained the elements of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, the definitions of "deadly weapon" and "serious bodily injury," and the statutory boundaries of self‑defense, provocation and when deadly force may be justified.
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