California appeals court overturns sole conviction in Kate Steinle death

[Bigfoot]

A California state appeals court Friday overturned the lone conviction against an undocumented immigrant who shot and killed Kate Steinle on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015, a case that drew national attention and became a flashpoint in the debate over illegal immigration.

California appeals court overturns sole conviction in Kate Steinle death

Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, who was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported to his native Mexico five times, was acquitted in November 2017 of first- and second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, and assault with a semi-automatic weapon. He was convicted of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On Friday, the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco overturned that conviction, saying the judge failed to give the jury the option of acquitting Garcia-Zarate on the theory he possessed the weapon for only a moment.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Outstanding. Good job.

 

[Darth]

Thank goodness. Wouldn't want this fellow to have a minor inconvenience to deal with.

 

[Bigfoot]

I noticed the "assault with a semi-automatic weapon" in the article

What's that all about? Is it a different charge in California if a gun used in a crime is a semi auto.

 

[BDinPutnam]

I noticed the "assault with a semi-automatic weapon" in the article

What's that all about? Is it a different charge in California if a gun used in a crime is a semi auto.

It was a stolen handgun, I believe? Stolen from unlocked car belonging to some kind of Fed IIRC.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

 

[SomeSoldier]

HAHAHAHAHAH, what if I only possessed the 30rd mag for only a min?

 

[prambo]

It was a stolen handgun, I believe? Stolen from unlocked car belonging to some kind of Fed IIRC.

I was going to go with the FBI (Faking Bogus Investigations) on this, but it was in fact a BLM (Bureau of Lame-Ass Motherfuckers) agent's gun stolen from a locked vehicle.

https://www.ammoland.com/2017/12/gu...acts-distance-richochet-bullet/#axzz5yVt5tI00

 

[M_F]

San Francisco will decline to appeal since the illegal invader “suffered enough”.

 

[Bigfoot]

This felon has been deported back to Mexico five times and he came back every time.

Something has to change... This crap has to stop... But it won't.

It will continue. As sure as I pay my sky high taxes year after year, it will continue

 

[Saltwater60]

Speechless.

 

[prambo]

It appears that the Feds are going to proceed against this shitweasel on weapons charges...

Here is a quote from the article, that was taken from the Crazyfrutopia courts ruling. The "reasoning" of these "hacks in black" is spectacularly ludicrous - a true WTF??!! moment...

“It is undisputed that defendant was holding the gun when it fired. But that fact alone does not establish he possessed the gun for more than a moment. To possess the gun, defendant had to know he was holding it,...”



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[Bigfoot]

“It is undisputed that defendant was holding the gun when it fired. But that fact alone does not establish he possessed the gun for more than a moment. To possess the gun, defendant had to know he was holding it,...”

Yeah that's some crazy shit isn't it.



I'm still waiting for Jussie Smollett to face the consequences of his hate crime hoax.

 

[DoOver]

 

[spat]

Once people stop trusting the system to deliver justice, they will stop seeking their justice through the system. That's a very dangerous thing.

This guy better watch out though, sounds like he could just disappear one day and people would assume he went back to Mexico.

 

[spat]

It appears that the Feds are going to proceed against this shitweasel on weapons charges...

Here is a quote from the article, that was taken from the Crazyfrutopia courts ruling. The "reasoning" of these "hacks in black" is spectacularly ludicrous - a true WTF??!! moment...

“It is undisputed that defendant was holding the gun when it fired. But that fact alone does not establish he possessed the gun for more than a moment. To possess the gun, defendant had to know he was holding it,...”



Feds Are Going After Kate Steinle’s Killer After California Drops The Ball

Is that the Alec Baldwin defense ?

"I was holding the gun, and I pulled the trigger, but I didn't *know* I was holding a loaded gun..."

 

[Grimscale]

Once people stop trusting the system to deliver justice,

This is not some vague future event.

People HAVE stopped trusting the system.
And the powers-that-be should be very, very afraid.

 

[spat]

This is not some vague future event.

People HAVE stopped trusting the system.
And the powers-that-be should be very, very afraid.

Half the country has lost their trust, and the other half are tapidly losing it as well.

The only think holding things together are the people who no longer trust it, but can't imagine abandoning it.

But we crossed the line a while ago from "most people respect the law" to "most people fear the law".

That is as good a definition of a police state as anything.