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Family members testify to defendant’s character as trial schedule is set; court admits recording exhibit
Summary
Defense called family and friends to offer character evidence and describe recent stresses; court admitted a recorded jail call and a stipulation about bond amounts and set additional witness days and times for the ongoing trial.
Family members and acquaintances testified Nov. 3 in the trial of Jesus (Jesse) Prado, giving lay accounts of the defendant’s upbringing, recent losses and marital strain while prosecutors cross‑examined about prior threats and incidents the family previously did not report.
Omar Hernandez, a brother‑in‑law, described growing up in Dilley, Texas, and said Jesse ‘‘was a broken man’’ after the 2021 death of an older brother that family witnesses said marked a change…
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