Immigrant acquitted of killing is sentenced for gun charge

Posted: Friday, January 5, 2018 2:02 pm

Immigrant acquitted of killing is sentenced for gun charge Associated Press | 0 comments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican man acquitted of murder in the shooting death of a San Francisco woman that sparked a national immigration debate was sentenced to time served for illegal gun possession Friday.

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Samuel Feng also denied a defense request to give Jose Ines Garcia Zarate a new trial for his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Garcia Zarate will now be taken into federal custody, but it's not clear when he will be transferred.

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