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DENVER—A western Colorado man convicted twice of attempted murder fort shooting his friend and leaving him on railroad tracks won’t get a third trial.
The Colorado Court of Appeals has rejected an appeal from James A. Duran of Palisade. Duran wanted a third trial in the case of his friend Brad Hatch, who was shot in 2003 and then dragged by a mile-long train. Hatch suffered broken bones but survived to testify against Duran.
Duran’s initial conviction was overturned in 2007 because of prosecutorial misconduct. A second trial resulted in the same conviction.
Duran claimed there were errors in the second trial, too, but a three-judge panel unanimously disagreed.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
