SANTA ANA, Calif.—A mistrial was declared Tuesday in the trial of a man charged with fatally shooting an acquaintance from work when jurors deadlocked 11–1 for guilt.
Vicente Dulay Deguzman is charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the discharge of a gun causing death. He is accused of killing 47-year-old Jesse Garcia Sr. on June 7, 2020, while the two were driving on the southbound Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Irvine.
A pretrial hearing was set for Jan. 31 to discuss going forward with the trial.
While behind the wheel, Deguzman “turned toward Jesse Garcia in the front passenger seat and shot him five times,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Jeff Moore said in his opening statement of the trial….