SANTA ANA, Calif.—A mistrial was declared this week in the case against a 38-year-old Mission Viejo man charged with killing his mother, with jurors deadlocking 11-1 on a verdict.
Jurors began deliberating Monday morning and said they could not reach a verdict as of Tuesday afternoon because of the holdout. A hearing was scheduled for Friday to consider how to proceed with a retrial.
Charles Seton Mosby is charged with one count of first-degree murder. He is accused of killing 69-year-old Marie Mosby, a former elementary school teacher, on Sept. 9, 2021.
“Five to seven minutes. I want you to think about that,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Dan Feldman said in his opening statement. “Five to seven minutes is how long it takes for someone to cut off a person’s oxygen to die.”…