The jurors in the case against George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than two days of deliberation. Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink declared a mistrial on April 22.
Prosecutors are headed back to court Monday afternoon to announce whether they will retry an Arizona rancher after a jury deadlocked last week over whether or not to convict him in the shooting of a Mexican man on his property.After the mistrial, the Santa Cruz County Attorney’s Office has the option to retry Kelly — or to drop the case.The 75-year-old Kelly had been on trial for nearly a month in Nogales, which is on the border with Mexico.
His two adult daughters, along with Mexican consular officials, met with prosecutors last week to learn about the implications of a mistrial.Prosecutors had said Kelly recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 rifle toward a group of men, including Cuen-Buitimea, about 100 yards away on his cattle ranch. Kelly has said he fired warning shots in the air, but argued he didn’t shoot directly at anyone.
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