Jury deliberations will resume Monday in the trial of a convicted felon accused of fatally stabbing an itinerant during an altercation in a Riverside park.

Terrence Anthony “Memphis” Hawkins, 44, allegedly killed 51-year-old Brian Byrd of Riverside in 2019.

Hawkins is charged with first-degree murder, a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony and parole violations.

Testimony in his two-week trial concluded Wednesday, and the prosecution and defense delivered closing statements Thursday, after which Riverside County Superior Court Judge Steven Counelis sent jurors behind closed doors at the Riverside Hall of Justice to commence deliberations. No verdict was immediately returned, and the judge ordered them back to the courthouse to deliberate f

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