A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JUDGE HAS RULED THAT A MAN, WHO’S MURDER CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED LAST SPRING, WILL NEED TO BE RE-TRIED. THAT AFTER JUDGES IN the 6TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS IN SAN JOSE RULED THAT MORE TESTIMONY FROM A DEFENSE-HIRED PSYCHIATRIST SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED IN LEOPOLDO ALEJANDRO “ALEX” CORTES’ FIRST TRIAL.
CORTES WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FATALLY STABBING FORMER APTOS HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLER CHRIS CARR, AFTER CARR ASKED HIM TO LEAVE A 2006 PARTY AT A LA SELVA BEACH HOME.
