Trial postponed against Cuban boy who stabbed his mother in Hialeah – 2024-02-24 16:22:33

The judge in charge of the Derek Rosa case, the Cuban boy detained after fatally stabbing his mother in late 2023 in Hialeahdecided to accept the request made by the minor’s defense and postpone the trial for a few weeks.

The process was scheduled to begin at the end of February, but Rosa’s lawyers requested more time to prepare their defense, so the trial will begin on April 17.

Derek Rosa was due to appear in court on February 26, this after having confessed to stabbing his mother more than 40 timesHowever, his defense alleged that the Prosecutor’s Office had not presented all the evidence necessary for the trial, this despite the fact that more than 700 photos and videos linked to the night of the murder had already been delivered.

According to Univision, Judge Richard Hersch postponed the trial and asked the Prosecutor’s Office to hand over all the evidence, which includes the video from the camera in Derek’s sister’s crib, which would have recorded the exact moment in which the young man entered the room to attack his mother.

Some images of that video have been shared by authorities, but the video itself has not been released. The camera was in the room where the victim, Irina García, was sleeping next to the crib of her newborn baby, who was two weeks old at the time of the incident.

The decision to postpone the trial was made during a hearing held this Tuesday, February 20, a process during which the accused minor was not present.

Additionally, during the hearing the Prosecutor’s Office was ordered to hand over the complete records of the telephone calls made by the minor that night, the judge emphasized that they had to be handed over in full, and not just the edited versions that the police shared during some conferences of press.

During the motion to postpone the trial, which was done last weekJudge Hersch considered that the minor’s defense had sufficient evidence to start the process, as there were more than 700 photographs and witness statements, despite this, he decided to approve the request.

It is important to remember that, due to the severity and violence with which the crime was perpetrated, the authorities decided to try Rosa as an adult, which is why he is detained in an area adapted for minors in the Metrowest adult prison. .