1996 killer of New Orleans officer found mentally incompetent
Officer’s killer deemed insane
Appeals judges uphold lower court ruling
Saturday, May 31, 2008
By Laura Maggi
Staff writer
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week upheld a lower federal court decision overturning the life sentence of a Texas man who killed a New Orleans police officer in 1996, concluding that Salvador Perez was insane at the time of the shooting and should not have been found guilty of first-degree murder.
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