WHEN FORMER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS KEITH SANDY AND DOMINIQUE PEREZ GO ON TRIAL LATER THIS MONTH, THE PROSECUTION WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PRESENT ANY EVIDENCE OF THE ALLEGED POLICE “CODE OF SILENCE.” PEREZ AND SANDY ARE ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD IN THE SANDIA FOOTHILLS IN MARCH 2014.
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE ALISA HADFIELD RULED ON THE “CODE OF SILENCE” MATTER AND OTHER MOTIONS THIS WEEK. THE JUDGE ALSO TOLD PROSECUTORS THEY COULD USE THAT AS EVIDENCE. SHE ALSO SAID THEY COULD NOT USE POST-SHOOTING VIDEO TO SHOW INTENT. JUDGE HADFIELD SAID IT GAVE LITTLE EVIDENCE OF THAT. BUT SHE WOULD NOT EXCLUDE EVIDENCE ABOUT APD’S STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
