Trial underway for man accused of murdering mall patron for watch

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Prosecution testimony may conclude at the end of the week in the trial of a young man accused of gunning down a shopper at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon with the help of twin brothers, all of whom wanted the victim’s Rolex wristwatch.

Reginald Charles Trice, 21, of Victorville, is charged with first-degree murder, a special-circumstance allegation of killing in the course of a robbery and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations for the 2022 slaying of 66-year-old Michael Moser of Palm Springs.

Trice’s case was transferred last week from the Banning Justice Center to the Riverside Hall of Justice, where a jury had already been seated in the courtroom of Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jerry Yang. The District Attorney’s Office opened its case Thursday. Jurors were given Friday off and returned to the downtown courthouse Monday, when additional law enforcement witnesses were called…

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