A state judge has given lawyers in case involving a New Mexico sheriff's deputy accused of killing a fellow deputy two weeks to present evidence on certain records.
Las Cruces District Court Judge Fernando Macias told lawyers on Wednesday they had 14 days to present arguments on why or why not employee records of slain Santa Fe County Deputy Jeremy Martin should be released.
Tai Chan is accused of killing Martin in October after they went drinking in Las Cruces where they were staying after transporting a prisoner. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
John Day, attorney for Chan, wants Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office to release copies of Martin's employment records. Chan's defense believes those records would help corroborate Chan's self-defense claim and reveal Martin's "proclivity to violence."
The sheriff's office has refused to release the records.
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