FORMER SANTA FE SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TAI CHAN TAKES THE STAND IN HIS MURDER TRIAL IN LAS CRUCES FRIDAY MORNING. THE TRIAL SEEMS TO BE NEAR ITS END. THE JURY COULD GET THE CASE AGAINST CHAN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY.
HE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING FELLOW DEPUTY JEREMY MARTIN IN OCTOBER 2014 AFTER THE TWO DELIVERED AN INMATE TO ARIZONA … THEN STAYED OVERNIGHT IN LAS CRUCES BEFORE RETURNING TO SANTA FE.
A FRIEND OF CHAN’S TESTIFIED THAT THE TWO ARGUED AT A BAR THAT NIGHT BEFORE THE SHOOTING. CHAN’S NOW-WIFE, LEAH TAFOYA CHAN, TOLD THE COURT SHE SPOKE TO HIM ON THE PHONE THAT NIGHT AND HE SEEMED INCOHERENT, SAYING PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO FRAME HIM FOR A MURDER.
