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Both sides have lined up mental health experts to testify about Prieto's mental health in 1988, when he shot and killed both Raver and Fulton.

Rape victim testifies in Prieto trial Tom Jackman 2010

Prieto's lawyers asked Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Randy I. Bellows to appoint a mental health expert to examine him to determine his mental state at the time of the December 1988 slayings of Rachael A. Raver and Warren H. Fulton III.

Prieto speaks in Fairfax murder trial Tom Jackman 2010

Saxophonist Yosvany Terry, Mr. Prieto's Havana schoolmate, was his bandmate in Columna B, a Cuban collective bent on progressive musical ideas.

A Propulsive Force for Jazz Larry Blumenfeld 2011

Testimony at Prieto's California trial indicated he was a member of a gang called Pomona North Side, and a "PNS" tattoo on his neck still peeks over his dress shirt collars.

Rape victim testifies in Prieto trial Tom Jackman 2010

One of Prieto's friends in the front seat asked to be let out of the car, the woman testified Wednesday, and did climb out.

Rape victim testifies in Prieto trial Tom Jackman 2010

Tuesday's engagement with Mr. Saha owes to that investigation, as well as to a cross-cultural jam session in Mr. Prieto's living room after a student brought the tabla player by six months ago.

A Propulsive Force for Jazz Larry Blumenfeld 2011

Mr. Prieto's "Song for Chico" was the title track of a Grammy-winning 2008 recording by Mr. O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.

A Propulsive Force for Jazz Larry Blumenfeld 2011

Now, 12 years after his arrival, Mr. Prieto's own impact here, and in the wider jazz world, is undeniable.

A Propulsive Force for Jazz Larry Blumenfeld 2011

Meanwhile, Mr. Prieto's own musical development seems open-ended.

A Propulsive Force for Jazz Larry Blumenfeld 2011

It was a jaw-dropping moment at the end of an abbreviated day of testimony in Prieto's resentencing for a double murder and rape outside Reston in 1988.

Prieto speaks in Fairfax murder trial Tom Jackman 2010