A prosecutor is expected to begin calling her final witnesses Tuesday in the trial of two former Albuquerque police officers charged in the shooting death of a mentally ill homeless man.
Special Prosecutor Randi McGinn has spent the last week making her case against now-retired Detective Keith Sandy and former Officer Dominique Perez, who are standing trial on second-degree murder charges.
McGinn has faulted police for escalating the response to James Boyd's illegal campsite and rushing a botched plan to take him into custody with less-lethal force before shooting him.
Her team also raised questions over the police investigation into the shooting.
Attorneys for Perez and Sandy say they opened fire to protect a K-9 handler who came within 10 feet of Boyd. He was holding two knives.
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