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The father of El Paso, who was the father of the region, was not guilty because of a child's case

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  • El Paso, father Steve Estrada, was acquitted of a child due to a child due to a child due to an incident of 2018 with his 7 -week -old daughter.
  • The public prosecutor argued that Estrada delayed call 911 for his daughter, who had difficulty breathing, while the defense claimed that he acted quickly and resulted in the injuries from misdiagnosis.
  • The girl suffered serious brain injuries and now has a cerebral paralysis and epilepsy, with law enforcement and defense of the cause and timeline of the events.

A father from the El Paso region was acquitted of a jury for a violation of a child accusation that accused him of not helping his 7 -week -old daughter when she had difficulty breathing.

Steve Estrada, 34, was not guilty of a violation of a child who caused serious assault on Thursday, May 8, after having heard of the family and the daughter's medical experts for two days.

Estrada cried, bent and covered his face after the verdict had been read. When the jurors left the courtroom, he hugged and thanked his lawyers. Estrada was confronted with up to 10 years in prison when he was convicted.

The jury of six women and six men made a judgment after almost five hours that was not guilty.

Officials from the district prosecutor of El Paso rejected a statement.

“Relief,” said Estrada's lawyer Daniel Marquez, how he and his client felt like the judgment. “These are very emotionally strenuous situations for everyone who is involved. When we received a final solution, there was relief. Only a feeling of relief, a great weight from my shoulders.”

Marquez and lawyer Brian Livingston, who also represented Estrada, argued that the timeline showed that Estrada acted quickly to receive the help of trinity, and that law enforcement had no evidence against their client.

They claimed that the baby was released around 5:05 p.m. and she arrived in the hospital with an ambulance at 5:15 p.m. They added Trinity's injuries that they were incorrectly diagnosed by a medical personnel. Trinity was also born early and suffered from breathing problems and other diseases.

“Are you asked (jury) to speculate that Mr. Estrada is sitting and how Trinity grabbed air five minutes or 10 minutes and did nothing?” Marquez asked during his final arguments. “There is no evidence of this … he didn't act. He did not cause these injuries.”

The deputy district prosecutors Samantha Nelson and John Briggs argued that Estrada did not do his work as a parents and his baby, 7 weeks old Trinity, the medical help she needed when she tried to breathe in 2018 in 2018. Estrada only called 911 until the baby's mother arrived in the house because he had an arrest warrant against his arguments, in the indictment, the indictment against the indictment that argued.

Trinity survived her injuries, but is now suffering from several serious diseases due to the incident.

“Trinity was born on March 16, 2018 and her life was fundamentally changed on May 5, 2018,” said Nelson in her final arguments. “If a 7-week premature baby can breathe, how will you call 911 and tell these first aiders everything they know.

“You will say that (911) dispatcher everything that has happened in the past six hours has been watching this child. You will go to the hospital and tell you exactly what you know. You will not lie to you. You will not delay the number 911 from your own interests.”

The trial took place before the 409th district court of the court building of Enrique Moreno in downtown El Paso. Judge Dick Alcala headed.

Estrada did not call 911, daughter suffered serious brain injuries

The process of Estrada began on Tuesday, May 6th – seven years, one day since the incident left the baby with serious brain injuries.

On May 5, 2018, he was alone with Trinity in the mother of the baby, Denise Hernandez, in the 5100 block of the Chromite Street in the Obertal.

Hernandez later returned home from work on this day to find her apartment door open. Estrada said that her trinity “cannot breathe properly. We have to call 911,” said the mother on Tuesday.

Estrada said Hernandez that he did not call 911 when the baby could breathe because he had an arrest warrant against his arrest, Hernandez said. The arrest warrant for the possession of marijuana.

Hernandez called 911 and the baby was taken to hospital for treatment. Trinity was housed in a medically induced coma. She was in a coma for about two and a half weeks.

A medical expert said that Trinity has suffered from a lack of oxygen for at least five minutes for at least five minutes. Trinity, now 7 years old, suffers from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other medical problems due to the incident.

Defense argues lack of evidence against Estrada

Estrada's lawyers argued that there were no evidence that Estrada caused the injuries. They added that there was no medical evidence to show that delays when calling 911 led to the injuries deteriorating.

The defense also questioned the history of the events provided by Hernandez in her certificate, including the outstanding arrest warrant of Estrada.

Hernandez never told the police that Estrada had an arrest warrant, and that's why he did not call 911, the defenders claimed.

Hernandez said that she never called the police 911 because of the arrest warrant. She claimed that she had not unveiled this information because she was afraid to have lost her baby and didn't want to lose her friend Estrada at the time. When Hernandez was asked by the defenders, she should have been honest with the police.

Aaron Martinez covers the criminal justice system for the El Paso Times. It can be achieved at amartinez1@elpasotimes.com or on x/Twitter @amartine convenum.

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