SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A southern New Mexico prosecutor is moving again to retry a former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy in the 2014 fatal shooting of a fellow deputy.
District Attorney Mark D’Antonio’s office on Friday filed a voluntary manslaughter complaint against former Deputy Tai Chan in the shooting death of Jeremy Martin at a Las Cruces hotel during a work trip.
Defense attorney John Day called the prosecution’s move vindictive and an abuse of power.
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Two trial juries were unable to reach unanimous verdicts on murder counts against Chan, and a judge in May ruled against further prosecution of Chan for murder on double jeopardy grounds.
Chan contends he shot Martin in self-defense following a night of drinking and argument, but who was the aggressor was disputed in court.
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