Apr
18
Testimony will begin Monday in the trial of a Mendota teen who is accused of killing a 4-year-old neighbor in October 2009.
Raul Castro, 15, is charged with the murder of Alex Mercado, whose body was discovered in a clothes dryer in Castro’s apartment on Halloween.
Testimony will begin at 9 a.m. in Judge Jonathan Conklin’s courtroom, said Barbara O’Neill, Castro’s attorney.
During preliminary motions this morning, Conklin decided that Castro does not have to be shackled and witnesses can be in the courtroom, O’Neill said.
Castro’s fate rests with Conklin after the teenager waived his right to a jury trial earlier this month. The trial is expected to last three to five days, O’Neill said.
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