DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Bucks County judge has ordered a retrial in the case of a death row inmate convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2007 fatal shooting of two people in suburban Philadelphia.
County prosecutors announced Thursday a new trial for 35-year-old Alfonso Sanchez following the discovery of a mistake made by the prosecution during Sanchez’s 2008 trial.
The district attorney’s office’s appellate division found that prosecutors failed to turn over lab reports of DNA testing that was legally material to Sanchez’s defense when reviewing his appeal.
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A jury in September 2008 found Sanchez guilty of killing 27-year-old Lisa Diaz and 22-year-old Mendez Thomas. Both victims were found dead inside a Warminster apartment.
A federal defender representing Sanchez declined to comment on the retrial.
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