[Ed. – He skates on a technicality.]
A California state appeals court has thrown out the sole conviction against an illegal immigrant who fatally shot a woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015.
The 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a gun conviction against Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate because the judge failed to instruct the jury on one of his defenses.
A California state appeals court has thrown out the sole conviction against an illegal immigrant who fatally shot a woman on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015.
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The 1st District Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a gun conviction against Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate because the judge failed to instruct the jury on one of his defenses.
Garcia-Zarate was acquitted of murder in the killing of Kate Steinle, who was on a pier with her father when she was shot in the back in July 2015.
