Reyes was charged with the fatal stabbing of 29 year-old Lionel Pinelo. The evidence in the trial was that on November 5, 2010, Pinelo drove a golf cart to the Rainbow Star Bar, located in the Boca Del Rio Section of the island. That's when someone threw a pint bottle on the top of the cart, which broke. According to the witnesses in the case, that got Pinelo angry, and he approached a group of young men with the intent to fight Jason Reyes.

Witnesses say that Reyes pulled a knife and stabbed Pinelo once to the left side of his chest. He was rushed to the hospital in time for medical treatment, but he died the next day.

Crown Counsel Portia Staine called 2 eyewitnesses to testify in the case, but one was uncooperative. He told the court that he saw when Reyes made a stabbing motion, but he did not see any knife in Reyes' hand. The prosecutor had to treat him as a hostile witness.

After the prosecution closed its case, Reyes' attorney, Alifa Hyde made a no case submission but it was not upheld. Reyes took the witness stand and denied that he committed the offence. He said that he was at home alone when the incident occurred, however, he did not call any alibi witnesses.