IT’S A SECOND DEGREE MURDER CONVICTION FOR 32 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER OWENS OF SANTA FE. FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT D-A MARCO SERNA SAYS OWENS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING TIMOTHY BACA AFTER A NIGHT OF PARTYING DURING WHICH THE TWO MEN BEGAN TO ARGUE.
THIS WAS THE SECOND TRIAL IN SANTA FE FOR OWENS. HIS FIRST ONE, BACK IN JANUARY, WAS DECLARED A MIS-TRIAL FOLLOWING SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT THE CASE FROM A RELATIVE OF THE VICTIM. OWENS COULD SERVE NEARLY 20 YEARS FOR THE CONVICTION.
