Trial opens this morning at the Oconee Courthouse

Judge Thomas Hughston has instructed the parties involved in South Carolina versus Obregon to be ready for the start of trial at 9:30 this morning in the Oconee General Sessions Court.  Defendant Jaimie Sabio Obregon is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree.  The prosecutor indicated during pre-trial proceedings yesterday that she will call as her first witness an 11-year old girl, identified in yesterday’s proceedings as the alleged victim of the crime.  Obregon was arrested in June 2014.