PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — Closing arguments were made Thursday for a man at the center of Placer County's first fentanyl murder jury trial.
Carson Schewe, 23, is accused of selling the drug to a man who later died. A jury of 12 people, including four women and eight men, will decide if Schewe should be convicted of murder in the death of Kade Webb.
Placer County prosecutors opened with an image of what the 23-year-old posted on SnapChat. It was followed by video of Schewe, counting stacks of money and saying it was all from Percocet and marijuana.
Schewe is accused of selling 20-year-old Kade Webb a Percocet laced with fentanyl that killed him on December 3, 2021.
The prosecutor said the drugs found in Webb’s body matched the drugs Schewe had.
GPS data also showed the two of them together at Schewe’s apartment on the day of Webb’s death. Schewe also took video of himself with the pills in the apartment.
There are three charges for the jury to decide on: second-degree murder and two counts of possession for sale.
The prosecution hopes they can convince the jury that Schewe knew the pills he sold Webb were dangerous.
They showed a text message from Schewe saying “Iose a best friend every month now everything laced with fent now, let me know if you need that.”
The defense said this murder trial is about Placer County feeling pressure from the community to do something about fentanyl.
They said Schewe is a street-level dealer and should only be held accountable for the possession charges, not murder. They said he didn’t intend to kill Webb because he himself was using at that time.
They also said Schewe told Webb there was fentanyl in the pills.
This is Placer County’s second attempt to prosecute Schewe. The first was declared a mistrial due to an issue with an independent lab not providing a report.
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