DA declines to prosecute Las Cruces stabbing suspect

Posted at: 11/14/2009 1:00 PM
By: The Associated Press

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - The district attorney's office in Las Cruces has declined to prosecute an East Mesa man accused of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing of another man.

Prosecutor James Dickens said Friday his office has asked for follow-up investigation in the case.

Dona Ana County sheriff's investigators had accused 26-year-old Oscar Duran of stabbing 39-year-old Andrew Jobe in September at Duran's home during a fight.

Duran had told investigators he acted in self-defense.

Dickens says prosecutors didn't decide the stabbing was in self-defense, but that was an issue that was reviewed.

The case's lead investigator, Bo Nevarez, says the case will remain open on inactive status.

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Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News, http://www.lcsun-news.com

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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