Of first degree murder, Second Degree murder, not guilty of manslaughter. Guilty only of one charge, possession of a firearm. Team coverage in and outside the krors. Lyanne melendez has covered the trial from the beginning. Reporter it took six days for the jury to reach this verdict. I would calculate about 28 hours or so of deliberations. Many people were surprised by the verdict, again not guilty of murder, not guilty of assault with semiautomatic weapon and as you mentioned, guilty of possession of a gun. Now that one really surprised me and made little sense to me. This is the explanation given by the public defender jeff adachy. They heard the evidence, they deliberated as a group, they heard read back testimony, looked at physical evidence and rendered a verdict to best of their abilities in accordance to the law. Verdict we werent hoping for. Both sides fought very hard but again the jury is the one, the jurors are the ones to make the determination on the case and we will resp
Determination on the case and we will respect that decision. Reporter and that was Matt Gonzalez, defense attorney and spokesperson for the District Attorneys office. Hear from jeff and his explanation as to why Garcia Zarate was found guilty of possession of a firearm. If we could have that please. They heard the evidence, they deliberated as a group, they heard read back testimony, they looked at physical evidence, and they rendered a verdict to the best of their abilities in accordance with the law. It was a verdict we were not hoping for. I know that both sides fought very hard, but again the jury reporter we will hear eventually from jeff adachy. Apologies. After the verdict was read, defendant jose inez Garcia Zarate did not react but later got up and hugged Matt Gonzalez, hi attorney. And gonzalez maintained all along his client found the stolen gun at the pier wrapped in piece of cloth, if you remember, picked it up and accidentally fired. I want to also mention that that posse
By the outcome here a lot of folks that we had talked to and sort of polled unofficially had really thought that zarate would be found guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter and the two lesser charges but he was found not guilty on all of those murder charges, only guilty on the firearms possession which of course carries a very light sentence and he will only have to serve half of that time after credit for time served. He is going to be out in no time. I do want to mention that there is a warrant out for his arrest by the u. S. Marshals office. So he will be going again to that facility, going to jail where most likely he will be deported. Again, to recap this case, 45 yearold Jose Inez Garcia Zarate a homeless illegal immigrant found not guilty of shooting and killing 32year old kate steinle on a San Francisco pier july 1st, 2015. It has really been an an emotional case here. Testimony from steinles father who described on the stand how his daughter fell to the ground after being shot i
San francisco, a sanctuary city. Donald trump sent out a tweet, a dis graceful verdict. We have live coverage. We are in Kate Steinles hometown of pleasanton. Lets begin with the hall of justice where she has been for every day of the trial. Reporter right, well, it took about the jury, about 28 hours to reach nothing this verdict, this has been a controversial case, no one on the jury wanted to talk to the press. Their names and Contact Information have been sealed by the judge. Surrounded by local and national media, the defense attorney send his sympathies to Kate Steinles family and asking that the jurys verdict be respected. They deliberated as a group. They heard read back testimony, they looked at the physical evidence. And they rendered the abilities in accordance with the law. That physical law. Included the stolen gun that was used to shoot kate steinle that was requested to be brought in by the jury. And they soon rendered their verdict. The jury is the one, the jurors are t
Im one of those people, cornell, my colleague here will stay outside to talk a little bit more about the process, how we got here. Ill be inside. And during that time where the votes, the prosecution and the defense will be there along with the jury, the verdict will be heard. And then after the verdict is heard, each member of the jury will be polled, meaning do you agree with this verdict . And its something thats done all of the time. Thats something, if you know the judicial system, it has to be done. So thats going to take a little longer. In the meantime we are not allowed to leave, meaning the press is not allowed to leave the courtroom while this is going on. So its going to be really interesting to find out you find out how, you know, the verdict, what the verdict was what verdict was reached. And let me just say, if you want to go over the what he faces. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is charged with Second Degree murder for the shooting death of kate steinle, 32 years old. Now, rem