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State presents video and vehicle data; medical examiner rules manner 'accident' as defense seeks directed verdict in manslaughter case
Summary
At a trial over a fatal Oct. 13, 2023, crash, prosecutors presented surveillance video and vehicle telematics showing throttle maintained until just before impact; Bexar County medical examiner James Wilkerson testified cause of death was blunt-force head injuries and the manner 'accident.' Defense challenged methods and moved for a directed verdict; the judge deferred ruling until tomorrow.
A prosecutor played bar surveillance video and vehicle telematics evidence as the state pressed its manslaughter case in a trial over an October 2023 crash that later killed Jose Luis Fernandez.
Detective Brad Armstrong testified the video the state marked as State Exhibit 2 came from a bar and, after refreshing his memory with an ACM data feed, said "based off the ACM collection data, it shows that the vehicle maintained the engine throttle speed" until about one second before the collision and that the service brake was applied roughly a half second later. Armstrong told jurors he later presented the case to prosecutors and that the combination of observed speeding plus a traffic-signal violation led to a manslaughter filing.
The defense, represented by Marissa Jevango, repeatedly objected to speculative testimony about vehicle speeds from the video and pressed Armstrong on investigative practice. Armstrong acknowledged he had not performed formal crash-reconstruction equations in this case because…
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