Saturday, September 16, 2006
The Price of Night Hunting
A hunter who fatally shot an undocumented immigrant on a South Texas ranch when he mistook the man for a hog should not be indicted, a Maverick County grand jury has decided.
The grand jury's no bill means Jaime Gonzalez will not be charged with manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide for the 2004 shooting near El Indio...
Maverick County District Attorney Roberto Serna said he first presented the case to the grand jury last spring and didn't resume the presentation until Monday, when the jury declined to indict Gonzalez.
He said the grand jurors saw every report related to the case and interviewed live witnesses.
"They asked a lot of questions and were very attentive and tried to sort it out," Serna said. "I just presented the case to the grand jury and they decided what to do."
Celestino Lopez is survived by a wife and five children in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
Lopez's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last year against Gonzalez and the owner of the ranch, Eduardo Rodriguez, seeking $8 million in damages.
The case was settled out of court in November for $50,000. The settlement included legal costs for Lopez's widow and $1,800 for each of his five children. The children's money was put into U.S. savings accounts under their names, according to court records.
Read the whole story here:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4186090.html
Anyone know if it's legal in TX to hunt hogs at night?
The grand jury's no bill means Jaime Gonzalez will not be charged with manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide for the 2004 shooting near El Indio...
Maverick County District Attorney Roberto Serna said he first presented the case to the grand jury last spring and didn't resume the presentation until Monday, when the jury declined to indict Gonzalez.
He said the grand jurors saw every report related to the case and interviewed live witnesses.
"They asked a lot of questions and were very attentive and tried to sort it out," Serna said. "I just presented the case to the grand jury and they decided what to do."
Celestino Lopez is survived by a wife and five children in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
Lopez's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit last year against Gonzalez and the owner of the ranch, Eduardo Rodriguez, seeking $8 million in damages.
The case was settled out of court in November for $50,000. The settlement included legal costs for Lopez's widow and $1,800 for each of his five children. The children's money was put into U.S. savings accounts under their names, according to court records.
Read the whole story here:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4186090.html
Anyone know if it's legal in TX to hunt hogs at night?
// posted by Zerin Hood @ 4:38 PM 
