October 13, 2007
Section: TUCSON/REGION
Page: B2
Agent’s prosecutor denies defense claim
BRADY MCCOMBS, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
The prosecutor of a U.S. Border Patrol agent facing second-degree murder charges this week called a motion from his attorneys to prevent three witnesses from testifying “totally without merit.”
Sean Chapman and Daniel Santander, the attorneys for agent Nicholas Corbett, filed a motion earlier this month to preclude the testimony of Francisco Javier Domínguez Rivera’s two brothers and a girlfriend on the basis that they had been influenced by the Mexican government.
In his counter-motion, Deputy Cochise County attorney Gerald Till called accusations that the Mexican Consulate spoke to the three witnesses before Cochise County investigators false and said the competency of the three isn’t an issue.
Source: www.azstarnet.com
