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03-07-2008, 11:42 PM #1
AZ: Judge Declares Mistrial in Border Patrol Agent Corbett
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nati ... oting.html
Judge declares mistrial in Border Patrol agent's murder trial in Arizona
By Arthur H. Rotstein
ASSOCIATED PRESS
5:19 p.m. March 7, 2008
TUCSON, Ariz. – A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with fatally shooting an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
Jurors who had been deliberating the fate of agent Nicholas Corbett since late Tuesday told the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked.
Corbett was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide in the January 2007 death of 22-year-old Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera of Puebla, Mexico. Jurors could convict on only one charge.
Corbett testified that Dominguez was going to smash his head with a rock and he fired in self-defense.
Dominguez's two brothers testified that he was surrendering and was shot without provocation.
“I'm disappointed that the jury did not acquit him,â€
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