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Charge in BarClaying ReducedAfter HearingiU1 'V?A District Court firstmurder charge against David Tapia, 28. was ordered reduced to second » degree after a hearing be-, | f re Dist. Judge John R, Me Manus Jr. Thursday Tapia, of Santa Fe, is ac hc ;seti of shooting to death|T my Prado Chapa, 24, of 35161 TCamino Alameda SW, at the \\ J'lbow Room Bar, 210 Sec flt;lt; ad SW. on Oct 7. Chapa wa Aa bartender at the Hlbou oRoom. aPeace Justice Flavio !b- 1t ero bound Tapia over for *1 sal in Disti.ct Court on acond degree murder chargerftcr a preliminary hearing lt;a Nov. 15, He reduced the c h uge from first deg murder.Information l iledAn information was then f led in District Court charging Tapia on an open count * f murder, which would in « lode f i r st degree. It wasi us count that was reducedThursday.Asst. Dist. Atlv. Jack L 1. ve has also filed a second criminal complaint charging Tapia with an open count of murder in an effort to have Vdlt;mUri t r) im hound over to DistrictCourt for trial on a first de- 4I Io:grce murder charge. A pro- 1iiminarv hearing on the com-plaint is set for Dee. 29 before Justice of Peace John Martin. !Love argued at the first ‘ preliminary that there wasprobable cause to believe thedMMde fendant is guilty of fir t 1 degree murder and lo bind! him over on that charge. Ho aalso alleged it is up to theDistrict Court or the jury to (!d« cide the degree of the1 ab *leged crime. •’Bond Motion Denied ‘IDefense attorneys Charle-Driscoll and Lawrence Tapia : fr!*■ I the motion for the re- aduction of the* District Court !c harge to second degree ! murder. They also filed a mo- v tion to have Tapia’s $10,000 -s bond reduced to $2000. but that was denied byfrMcManus did not hearjarguments involving the second preliminary hearing, orinvolving a motion by Love to have Tapia’s case set for trial by n District Court or-der. The latter motion would involve a legal question of when a defendant can blt;* tried. Love said Alleged c rimes which have bc*c*n committed during one term of court are usually not tried until the next term. There are two terms of court «ac h year. beginning in dart h and September.Judge McManus told Love to set the case for trial andthat arguments concerningthe point would be heardlater.Love said he will seek to have the case set for Jan. 10. He said Tapia will be nr-jaigned in District Court today at 11 a m,
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Fri, Dec 24, 1965
Page 8
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