Overview

• Jurors delivered the verdict in just under two hours after Thursday’s closing arguments at the Clay County courthouse.
• Dashcam video showed Rocha shooting Officer Daniel Vasquez during a 2022 traffic stop, and Rocha later confessed and turned himself in.
• Prosecutors argued Rocha had about 48 seconds to deliberate before the stop and continued firing after Vasquez fell.
• Evidence presented included 3D-printed firearm parts seized from Rocha’s home and autopsy testimony detailing two fatal wounds and a round stopped by a vest.
• The penalty phase began Thursday with prosecutors showing videos of Rocha displaying and firing ghost guns, and the proceedings resume Friday.