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Acquitted Kate Steinle Killer Gets “Time Served” on Gun Charge

TOPICS:Border SecurityGarcia ZarateImmigrationKate SteinleSan FranciscoSanctuary CityTrump
Acquitted of the murder of Kate Steinle, Garcia Zarate sentenced to time served for gun possession conviction. Image Source: Fox News
Acquitted of the murder of Kate Steinle, Garcia Zarate sentenced to time served for gun possession conviction. Image Source: Fox News

Posted By: Jon Britton January 5, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — Garcia Zarate, a homeless, repeat offender, illegal immigrant acquitted of killing Kate Steinle was sentenced Friday to time served for illegal gun possession.

The San Francisco sheriff’s department has said it will turn over Garcia Zarate to U.S. federal authorities. A federal grand jury indicted him on two felony charges of illegal gun possession less than a week after the San Francisco jury acquitted him of murder.

Associated Press reports, “San Francisco Superior Court Judge Samuel Feng also denied a defense request to give Jose Ines Garcia Zarate a new trial for his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm.”

San Francisco public defender Jeff Adachi on Friday criticized federal prosecutors for adding the charges, calling it “ridiculous” and politically motivated. “This is rarely done,” Adachi said.

Defense attorneys attempted to appeal the “felon in possession of a firearm” conviction. They argued that the judge failed to properly instruct jurors. In court papers the attorneys argued that the judge improperly barred the jury from considering Garcia Zarate’s claim that he didn’t know he was holding a gun when it fired. Claiming that he didn’t know what he was holding and didn’t hold the gun long enough to warrant a firearm possession conviction.

On the gun charge conviction, Garcia Zarate faced a maximum sentence of three years. He was in fact sentenced to the full three year maximum. However, he has been held in the San Francisco jail since his arrest in July of 2015. After applying time in custody and state credits, Zarate’s sentence was ruled complete, time served. He will be on parole for 48 months.

He had previously been convicted of illegally re-entering the United States. Zarate had seven previous felony convictions. He had also been deported five times before Steinle was fatally shot. The San Francisco sheriff’s department released him from jail just weeks before the shooting. The sheriff’s department was criticised for ignoring a request from federal immigration officials to detain him for a sixth deportation.

Kate Steinle. Image Source: Pinterest

Kate Steinle. Image Source: Pinterest

The Steinle case brought a lot of media attention to San Francisco’s “sanctuary city” status. The sanctuary policy blocks local officials from helping federal immigration authorities in deportation matters unless they have a warrant.

Donald Trump pointed to the shooting during his presidential campaign as another reason to build a wall along the Mexican border and tighten immigration policies. Kate Steinle became a focal point of the immigration and border security debate. The acquittal of Garcia Zarate on the murder charge just added fuel to an already fiery political dialogue.

Jon Britton

Author, Advocate, Blogger & Zombie Aficionado. Air Force veteran and jack of all trades, with a wide range of experience with many different cultures around the world as well as working alongside both CEOs and average Joes. “Writing was never a goal or even vaguely contemplated as a career choice, it just happened, an accidental discovery of a talent and a passion.” A passion that has taken him in many directions from history to zombies to advocacy to News especially in this day and age of “Fake News” and “Alternative Facts.” The Truth Is Out There!

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Author, Advocate, Blogger & Zombie Aficionado. Air Force veteran and jack of all trades, with a wide range of experience with many different cultures around the world as well as working alongside both CEOs and average Joes. "Writing was never a goal or even vaguely contemplated as a career choice, it just happened, an accidental discovery of a talent and a passion." A passion that has taken him in many directions from history to zombies to advocacy to News especially in this day and age of "Fake News" and "Alternative Facts." The Truth Is Out There!

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