IT’S DAY-FOUR OF THE HEARING IN ALBUQUERQUE TO DECIDE IF THE CASE CONCERNING THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A HOMELESS CAMPER SHOULD GO TO TRIAL. A NEW DEVELOPMENT UNFOLDED WEDNESDAY IN THE PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR APD OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND FORMER DETECTIVE KEITH SANDY. JUDGE NEIL CANDELARIA HAS DROPPED THE LESSER INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF JAMES BOYD LAST YEAR, SAYING THERE WAS NO MERIT IN PURSUING THEM.
SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES REMAIN IN PLACE.
