Judge presented with evidence, exhibits in Saborit murder trial
The man accused of murdering Shakopee resident America Thayer went on trial before a judge Wednesday in Scott County District Court, though he won'...
The man accused of murdering Shakopee resident America Thayer went on trial before a judge Wednesday in Scott County District Court, though he won't likely learn his fate until March.Alexis Saborit, 43, has pleaded not guilty because of mental illness to first- and second-degree murder in the July 2021 death of Thayer, who was his girlfriend at the time.In a mostly empty courtroom in Shakopee on Wednesday, Saborit spoke throughout the proceedings with the help of a Spanish language interpreter. He had waived both his right to a jury trial and his right to testify and instead had a "stipulated facts" trial, also called a court trial, in which a judge decides whether a defendant is guilty — not a jury.