Pojoaque Pueblo leader indicted for fatal accident
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Law
A leader of
Pojoaque
Pueblo in New Mexico has been charged in connection with a fatal hit and run on the reservation.
Lt. Govenor Linda Diaz was indicted in federal court on a felony charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident and failing to render aid, the
U.S. Attorney's Office said. She is accused of striking and killing Phillip Espinoza in early April.
Espinoza was non-Indian so the U.S. Attorney cited state law in charging Diaz, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported. Had the victim been Indian, there would be no corresponding federal statute for a hit and run accident.
Diaz has retained
Sam Winder, a
former federal prosecutor.
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State law used to charge tribal leader in fatal accident
(The Santa Fe New Mexican 6/12)
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