Hays County Jurors Selected, Opening Statements Given In The Jason Tarr Murder Trial
There were seven witnesses called to the stand by the prosecution, including experts and the two individuals, who had witnessed and reported the car accident.
Between 50 and 75 people convened in Courtroom Five Tuesday morning at the Hays Government Center to continue jury selection, which began the day before and lasted until 5 p.m.
The case against local Buda realtor Jason Tarr moved forward as 14 jurors were selected after a two-hour deliberation between the presiding Judge Jack Robison, District Attorney Wes Mau and Tarr’s defense, Billy McNabb.
In October of 2015, a grand jury found there was sufficient evidence to charge Tarr with Intoxication Manslaughter. An additional grand jury was summoned and they found there was sufficient evidence to charge Tarr with Murder.
As Tarr’s case moved through the court system, it was deferred on several occasions due to scheduling conflicts.
Facing 2-20 or 5-life years of prison time, Tarr sat calmly flanked by three defense attorneys as Judge Robison clarified to potential jurors, “the defense has no burden of proof; that burden belongs to the state.”
The process of selecting a jury was accomplished by 11:50 a.m. and, Judge Robison excused court for the lunch hour until 1:30 p.m. and stated the trial would start right after lunch.
As soon as court reconvened, Tarr pled not guilty to the charges of murder and intoxicated manslaughter. The jury then heard the opening statements of the prosecution and the defense in the State of Texas vs. Jason Floyd Tarr.
There were seven witnesses called to the stand by the prosecution, including experts and the two individuals, who had witnessed and reported the car accident.
On Sept. 29, 2014, Tarr’s white pick-up truck allegedly swerved into on-coming traffic on 1626 FM. The truck struck Nancy Sterling-Dalton’s convertible head-on resulting in her death.
The court was dismissed around 5:05 p.m. and will reconvene Wednesday, May 3, at 10:30 a.m.
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I hope he gets what he deserves! If money will buy him his freedom than our justice system is failing. So far he has always bought his way out his troubles instead of taking responsibility for his actions. He is one arrogant person that does not see anything wrong with what he did. Prancing around town like nothing happened is dipicable! A mother ( and grandmother) lost her life due to his irresponsonsibility and poor judgements. Partying and chasing girls that night where his ambitions!
You don’t know Jason obviously, nor the facts of the case.
I still don’t get how he was charged with murder and they allowed him to go to Israel. What white privledge.