Agent’s defense wants jurors to be told of victim’s tattoo

J.J. Jackson* | February 23, 2008 

BISBEE — Attorneys prosecuting and defending U.S. Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett’s murder case disagree whether the jury should be made aware of evidence that the victim had a tattoo. Corbett is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide against Francisco Dominguez-Rivera, an illegal immigrant from Mexico. The shooting took place near Naco on Jan. 12, 2007. The matter will be argued during a pre-trial hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Tucson. The two-week trial is scheduled to start Tuesday. Prosecutors filed a motion dated Feb. 4 asking Judge David Bury to exclude evidence regarding the victim’s tattoo or any alleged gang affiliation because it would “only serve to confuse and prejudice the jury.”

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