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Retrial of ex-Sheriff Maketa uncertain after acquittal on 3 charges, hung jury on 4
Prosecutors are weighing whether to retry former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa after a jury acquitted him of three counts and hung on the remaining four, resulting in a partial mistrial.
"That's something we haven't decided just yet," special prosecutor Mark Hurlbert said. "Hopefully, we'll have a decision in the next few days."
The long-awaited case - involving sweeping allegations of corruption by one of the county's best-known lawmen - was left steeped in irresolution on the trial's ninth day.
Yet even as the bulk of the charges against him remained, Maketa, 52, claimed victory.
Read more: http://gazette.com/retrial-of-ex-sheriff-maketa-uncertain-after-acquittal-on-3-charges-hung-jury-on-4/article/1606937