{"id":1616,"date":"2026-06-03T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:06:05","slug":"judge-hears-last-motions-for-george-pino-trial-opening-statements-could-start-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1616","title":{"rendered":"Judge hears last motions for George Pino trial; opening statements could start Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>MIAMI \u2014 Opening statements in the manslaughter and vessel homicide trial of South Florida real estate mogul George Pino could start as early as Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1614\">\u2018Tell me why I shouldn\u2019t kill you\u2019: Miami-Dade man accused of shooting at, beating ex-girlfriend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>Pino, 55, is facing the charges in connection with the September 2022 death of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez heard final motions from both sides on a range of topics, from mentions of alcohol on board the Robalo to what passengers who were on board the boat the day of the 2022 crash can testify to and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can describe how they feel, what they heard, what they saw,\u201d Tinkler Mendez said.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors will also be able to see the boat in person by taking a site visit to a location 13 miles away near North Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not like a group field trip, though. This is just the jurors, the parties,\u201d Tinkler Mendez said. \u201cI don\u2019t need to bring the clerk, as far as I know. I\u2019m going to bring my court reporter, although there will be no conversations that take place during the viewing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1612\">\u2018A little bit of embarrassment\u2019: Family of elderly scam victim hoping to educate others<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had asked the court to allow jurors to visit the site, in part to get a better grasp of the size of the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>The boat, operated by Pino, had his wife and 12 teenage girls, including his daughter, on board. After crashing into a channel marker, Fernandez became trapped beneath the capsized boat and drowned. Several others suffered varying injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe jurors would be in a marked area,\u201d Tinkler Mendez said. \u201cThey have their notebooks if they wish and (they\u2019re) free to meander about for a certain set period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to finalize the jury by Friday and, if accomplished, to have opening statements on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=1610\">Man tried to kidnap employee during Cricket Wireless robbery in Little Haiti, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trial is expected to stretch into the fourth week of June.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Latest headlines from:<\/div>\n<div>\nMiami-Dade<br \/>\nBroward<br \/>\nFlorida Keys<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary><span>Cities<\/span><span>\u25be<\/span><\/summary>\n<div>\n<div>\nMiami<br \/>\nFort Lauderdale<br \/>\nCoral Springs<br \/>\nDavie<br \/>\nDeerfield Beach<br \/>\nDoral<br \/>\nHialeah<br \/>\nHollywood<br \/>\nHomestead<br \/>\nLauderhill<br \/>\nMiami Beach<br \/>\nMiami Gardens<br \/>\nMiramar<br \/>\nPembroke Pines<br \/>\nPlantation<br \/>\nPompano Beach<br \/>\nSunrise<br \/>\nTamarac\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening statements in the manslaughter and vessel homicide trial of South Florida real estate mogul George Pino could start as early as Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judge hears last motions for George Pino trial; 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