Failure to seat jury results in second mistrial in 2022 homicide

For the second time in just over a year, a judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a man charged in a 2022 shooting death.

State District Judge Cindy Leos declared the mistrial on Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Fransisco Espinoza Almeida after the court was unable to seat a 12-person jury from an initial pool of more than 70 prospective jurors.

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