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SANTA FE w* - The Si ate c Supreme Court has upheld theJi ! second-degree murder conviction of David Jose Tapia in /ho Oct. 7, 1905 shooting of Elbow Room bartender Tony Prado Chapa.In appealing the conviction by an Albuquerque jury, Tapia’s attorneys argued the charge j| should have been reduced to voluntary ijuinsiaughter. They asserted the defendant was intoxicated and therefore could not have lulled with premecUta- 5 lion.The high court rejected this icasoning, staling Hint specificif j intent is not required for con-i« vjction in second-degree imir-!E dor.. . \i
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Mon, Jan 12, 1970
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