Editor’s note: This video is from yesterday’s coverage of the trial.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the trial continues in the deadly conduct case for APD Officer Daniel Sanchez, the court agreed to call a witness out-of-order Friday morning to address use-of-force analysis.
In 2023, a grand jury indicted Sanchez in the 2022 deadly shooting of 33-year-old Rajan Moonesinghe. Sanchez was one of three officers who responded to a 911 call reporting Moonesinghe walking around his home with a rifle. Surveillance footage played in court Thursday shows Moonesinghe telling a neighbor he thought someone was in his house.
On Thursday, testimony ended with one of the State’s witnesses, an APD sergeant. Typically, the courts hear from all of the State’s witnesses before the Defense’s witnesses testify. Instead, the Defense’s expert in use-of-force, Jamie Borden, took the stand Friday morning. He believes Sanchez was justified in shooting Moonesinghe…