Court adjourned Thursday before the judge finished instructing the jury, and will resume on Monday after the holiday.

The jury must decide whether Raul Valle was acting in self-defense when he killed one person and wounded three others in 2022 ...

Attorneys in the case are expected to present closing arguments Thursday, after which the jury will begin deliberations.

The defendant said he was getting beaten by a mob and began swinging a knife to try to get people to get off of him.

The defendant says he was confronted and beaten by a mob of teens when he "started waving and just stabbing in every ...

Before Connery took the stand, Taylor Capela, another partygoer who said last week she witnessed Valle lunging at McGrath as ...

"The defendant was near Jimmy and he was lunging toward him," the witness, Shelton resident Taylor Capela, said.

Testifying in his own defense, Raul Valle said a friend tossed a knife to him before driving away from a swarm of adversaries ...

Raul Valle, 20, is accused of killing Fairfield Prep student James McGrath outside a Shelton house party in 2022 following a large fight.

Tyler DaSilva, who was with the defendant the night James McGrath was killed in 2022, was granted immunity for his ...

Jury to begin deliberations next week in murder trial in death of Fairfield Prep's James McGrath By Ethan Fry, Liz Hardaway, Peter Yankowski, Staff Writers Updated July 3, 2025 4:57 p.m.