Federal officials file new charges against man acquitted in Kate Steinle case
12/06/2017 7:22 am PST
via KRON:
SAN FRANCISCO -- (KRON) -- Federal authorities have charged Jose Ines Garcia Zarate Tuesday with new immigration and gun violations less than a week after a San Francisco jury acquitted him of murder for the shooting death of Kate Steinle.
Garcia Zarate was indicted Tuesday with two gun charges. A San Francisco jury convicted him of a state charge of felon in possession of a firearm after acquitting him of murder and assault for the July 1, 2015 shooting.
The state conviction carries a maximum sentence of three years in jail. He has been in jail since the day of the shooting.
His public defender Matt Gonzalez said Garcia Zarate will ask a judge to toss out the state conviction.
FULL STORY: Federal officials file new charges against man acquitted in Kate Steinle case - KRON
