"A Sonoma County judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors couldn't agree on a verdict in the case of a 2023 stabbing outside a Santa Rosa bar that left one man dead. The 12-person jury split evenly, 6-6, on whether to convict Braulio Garcia III of murder in the killing of 38-year-old Asante VanDyke outside Gary's at the Belvedere on Mendocino Avenue. Jurors began deliberating last Sept. 18 after two weeks of testimony."
"We tried. We tried hard, one juror told Hein. When asked if more time would help, each juror said no. The jury foreman said the group voted four times on the murder charge and once on related charges, each time evenly split. He described the jurors as respectful and said no one argued during deliberations. Hein dismissed the jury. Lawyers will return to court Oct. 9 to discuss what happens next."
A Sonoma County judge declared a mistrial after a 12-person jury split 6-6 on whether to convict Braulio Garcia III of murder in the February 1, 2023, stabbing death of 38-year-old Asante VanDyke outside Gary's at the Belvedere. Jurors deliberated beginning Sept. 18 after two weeks of testimony but remained deadlocked despite four votes on the murder charge. Defense attorney Rachel McAllister argued another man, Louis Robert Campos, killed VanDyke and cited DNA under VanDyke's fingernails matching Campos. Co-defendant Richard Ponce pleaded no contest to two assault charges and received a 10-year sentence. Next court proceedings are scheduled for Oct. 9.
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