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NOGALES, Ariz. — Jurors got out of the courtroom and onto George Alan Kelly’s ranch as his second degree murder trial continued. It was part of an unusual day in and out of court.
About 1:30 p.m. Thursday a van headed out of the Santa Cruz County Court Complex holding jurors heading out to see the shooting site for themselves. Usually judges order jurors not to go to a scene but in the Kelly trial prosecutors and defense attorneys wanted jurors to see the ranch.Jurors to visit ranch in rancher’s murder trial Judge Thomas Fink briefed the jurors on what to expect. The plan is to simply view key locations but not discuss what they see among themselves.
There’s been testimony about how Kelly was inside his house when he says he heard a shot, and saw smugglers crossing through his ranch and testimony about how the victim was shot about 110 yards from where Kelly says he fired warning shots—and warning shots only— from his patio.The day began with Judge Fink prodding attorneys to pick up the pace of the trial. He said he expected the trial to take three weeks—but three weeks have gone by with the prosecution still presenting its part of the case.
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