Buda murder trial wraps up first week

A trial began this week in a bizarre case involving a Hays County man. Mark James Stevens faces first degree murder charges in the death of Brandon Fontenette, both from Buda.

The trial started Wednesday in an incident that occurred in 2018 where Fontenette, 36, died after being shot multiple times with an air gun and then stabbed in his back and into his lung.

During Fridays’ testimony Emergency Medical Physician, Dr. Jacob Falcon addressed a toxicology report that revealed Stevens, 38, had toxic levels of alcohol in his system during an examination following the altercation. A urine sample also tested positive for cannabis and opiates.