Article clipped from Albuquerque Journal

Bartender DeathsptuSuspect EntersbiPlea of Innocentm?orMIs-I tvHDav I Tapia, 28, of 614 m Cod S\V, pleaded innoc rut n Friday in District Court to a hi charge of second degree murder m connection with !H me (H’t, 7 shooting death of ITony Prado Chapa. c,Chapa, 24. of 3516 CaminoAlameda SW, was shot to.* ideath at the Elbow Room ar, 21U Second SW, where e was employed as a bar-tender,Dist. Judge John B. Me-Manus reduced Tapia’s bond from $10,000 to $8000, in res-• ponsc to a defense motion, t and set the trial for Jan. 10.aaDefense aMorney - La a - c seme Tapia and Charles Dr. -■; coll objected to li e early trial -setting. Driscoll no’ed f o i sthe record” that the defense dwanted to preserve the right Ito object to any effort bv the prosecution or by the court (tu a11 t■ t case flt;»r irial doag *:sr present teun of court, \ . . tic . f. e i v h '■mcommitted dur.ng this--_ ■ » s.w a sterm. Jf, Ordinarily, h c;o* is not f e tried during th.e same tern *g of couit in which the allegi id ( rime : lt;omrnitted, T h e r eL'arc two tei ms of lt;mmIff I \ ( * ' *ginnmg in SepVoU arf• atfMat lt;“We have very serious oh-u jet ' aars tn going to trial aw early as Jan. 10, even if w i. are unsuiaiijgjdui m putting *iff tne trial until the nevterm of court/9 Ilfiseoll saicb-j. ”We want to have tne drfendart examined hy a p\ *». idiologrsjL but we have noti-n yet been able v» * a e tne funds to rio vi(M he so; i, n Judge Mr Mantis* signed the ! o? del* : etting the ti *ah but v also v, * an earlier hearinge at w lor a arguments ront-em-ing the trial date v. hi Ie
Newspaper Details

Albuquerque Journal

Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

Sat, Dec 25, 1965

Page 2

Full Page
Clipped by
Profile Icon
Greg P.

AU 21 Jun 2023

Other Publications Near Albuquerque, New Mexico

Industrial Advertiser and Weekly News

Albuquerque Tribune

Albuquerque Daily Journal

Albuquerque Weekly Journal

Albuquerque Journal