RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury deliberations began today in the trial of a felon accused of stabbing his girlfriend multiple times in an attack under an Indio bridge that he claimed stemmed from having a split personality.
Jamin “Jay” Demar Williams is charged with assault with a deadly weapon resulting in great bodily injury and domestic violence, along with a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.
Following roughly a week of testimony, the prosecution and defense delivered closing arguments Wednesday, after which Riverside County Superior Court Judge Laura Garcia sent jurors behind closed doors to weigh evidence from the trial. They deliberated only briefly and were directed to return to the Riverside Hall of Justice Thursday to pick up where they left off…