The 451st District Court was tense Thursday afternoon as a jury reconvened after more than six hours of deliberation to hand down a 17-year prison sentence to Jose Jimenez.
Jimenez had been found guilty after a day-long deliberation the night before for the lesser included charge of felony indecency with a child after three women came forward accusing the 46-year-old Comfort resident of sexually assaulting them as children.
“I know that each and every one of you handling this were here for many hours, painstaking hours,” 451st Court Judge Kirsten Cohoon said. “You’ve done your job here very well, and you’ve worked very hard, and I cannot let you leave here without knowing how much your work is appreciated by not only this court but the citizens of Kendall County, and, frankly, the citizens of our entire state and great nation.
