San Francisco pier shooting suspects seeks case's dismissal

Published January 29, 2016

The Mexican national charged with fatally shooting a young San Francisco woman walking on a city pier is seeking dismissal of his criminal case, which added to the national debate over illegal immigration.

Juan Francisco Sanchez-Lopez and his lawyer Matt Gonzalez are expected to ask a judge Friday to drop a second-degree murder charge and related counts, arguing that Sanchez-Lopez that the judge presiding over a preliminary hearing late last year made procedural mistakes.

A San Francisco judge on Sept. 4 ordered Sanchez-Lopez to stand trial on murder charges after a three-day preliminary hearing.

Lopez-Sanchez was in the country illegally when he was released from the San Francisco jail despite federal immigration authorities requesting he remain in custody for possible deportation.

He has pleaded not guilty. His attorney didn't return a phone call.

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