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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New Mexico Supreme Court Affirms Sentence in 2004 Murder


Associated Press
      SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of James Tsu for the murder of his mother in San Juan County in March 2004.
    Caroline Tsu was beaten, and then her throat was slit and her body mutilated, in her home near Aztec.
    A state District Court found that James Tsu had committed first-degree murder and was incompetent to stand trial. He was committed to the custody of the Department of Health, to be held for life in a secure, locked facility.
    Tsu appealed the sentence, but the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected his arguments.
   

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