Latest / True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews
Why Fernandez's Lawyer Almost Fell Out of His Chair
The most revealing moment of closing arguments in Mario Fernandez's murder trial wasn't a piece of evidence. It was defense attorney Jesse Dreicer telling the jury he almost fell out of his chair. Prosecutor Stifler, he said, had claimed Fernandez moved $50,000 from Shanna Gardner's account to his own after the killing. Dreicer walked the jury back through Detective Johns' financial testimony and said the records showed only two small transfers.
Dreicer spent over two hours dismantling the prosecution's circumstantial web. He played a recorded phone call where Fernandez praised Tenon for…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.