FORMER ALBUQUERQUE COPS KEITH SANDY AND DOMINIQUE PEREZ WON’T BE GOING TO JAIL … SO FAR. THE JUDGE IN THEIR 2ND DEGREE MURDER TRIAL DECLARED A MISTRIAL ON TUESDAY AFTER THE JURY FAILED TO REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT.
NINE FOUND THE FORMER OFFICERS NOT GUILTY … WHILE THREE FOUND THEM GUILTY FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD IN THE FOOTHILLS IN MARCH 2014.
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR RANDI MCGINN SAYS a MISTRIAL IS IN NO WAY AN ACQUITTAL. IN FACT, SHE SAYS THE HUNG JURY IN SUCH A CASE RINGS MORE LIKE A CONVICTION. BUT SANDY’S LAWYER, SAM BREGMAN, WAS PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND DEFENDED SANDY AND PEREZ AND THE REST OF APD. BREGMAN SAID HE FELT ALL ALONG THE PROSECUTION’S CASE WAS WEAK.
THE PROSECUTION COULD STILL RETRY THE CASE AGAINST SANDY AND PEREZ.
