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June 27, 2006

Carpio trial: Jury requests help with audiotapes

PROVIDENCE -- The jury deliberating the fate of Esteban Carpio has asked for help listening to recorded interviews Carpio gave immediately after the shooting death of Detective Sgt. James Allen last year inside Providence police headquarters.

The jurors indicated to the judge this morning that they were having trouble playing the recordings or finding the part of the interview they were looking for. Carpio was interviewed at the police station and inside the hospital after Allen's death.

Jurors deliberated for about 3-1/2 hours yesterday after hearing closing arguments from the defense and prosecutors. They resumed their deliberations earlier this morning.

Carpio's lawyer says his client was psychotic at the time of the killing and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

But prosecutors say Carpio was a calculating killer who knew what he was doing when he shot Allen to death with the officer's own weapon.

-- Staff and wire reports

Posted by Jack Perry  at 11:50 AM | Permalink

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