From AngieZapata.com
Jury selection is underway in the trial of the man accused of killing Angie Zapata, a transgender teenager. Allen Andrade, 32, is accused of beating Zapata to death in her Greeley apartment after finding out that she was biologically male.
According to Weld County court spokeswoman Karen Salaz, about 150 potential jurors reported to the courthouse yesterday morning. They filled out case-specific questionnaires, which were reviewed by the attorneys and judge in the case,
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Editor's note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here.
4:50 p.m.: Court is recessed for the day. Judge Kopcow is telling the jury not to discuss the case with their family or friends, or read any media tonight: not newspapers, not blogs, not "Tweeter." Barring a snowstorm, the trial will resume at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow, he says.
4:44 p.m.: Thornton Police Officer Joe T
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Editor's note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here -- and click this link to catch up on Asmar's coverage of the proceedings on day one, April 16. To catch up with the day's proceedings, read from the bottom up.
4:10 p.m.: Murguia is done testifying. Court is recessed for the day. It will resume Monday.
3:55 p.m.: On cross-examination, defense attorney Kundelius
Jury selection continues this morning in the trial of the man accused of killing Angie Zapata, a transgender teenager who was beaten to death last year in her Greeley apartment. Opening arguments are expected to begin this afternoon. Westword will be blogging throughout the trial. Check back for updates.
Yesterday, a courtroom packed with potential jurors heard three-minute "mini-opening statements" from lawyers on both sides. The statements are meant to convey the facts of the case.
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The trial of Allen Andrade, who's accused of killing transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata last summer, continues today at 8:30 a.m. So far, as noted in live blogs filed during the April 16 and April 17 proceedings, the fourteen jurors have heard opening statements from both sides, as well as testimony from witnesses, including police officers who responded to the murder scene, Zapata's best friend and her mother. Witness testimony will continue today.
Prosecutors claim Andrade, 32, was a h
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Editor's note: Melanie Asmar is live blogging the Greeley trial of Allen Andrade, the man charged with murdering Angie Zapata, a transgender teen. Look for updates here -- and click these links to catch up on Asmar's coverage of the proceedings on day one, April 16, and day two, April 17, as well as a summary of the evidence so far. To catch up with the day's proceedings, read from the bottom up.
5 p.m.: Court is recessed for today. It will resume at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow. Mendoza w
Angie Zapata Allen Andrade will likely spend the rest of his life in jail. A judge today added 60 years to the life sentence he received for killing transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata last summer, piling on time for lesser crimes the 32-year-old committed in connection with the murder.
Andrade was convicted last month of first-degree murder for beating Zapata to death in her apartment. He was also convicted of aggravated motor vehicle theft for stealing her sister's PT Cruiser from outside Z
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Colorado saw a slight increase in the number of bias-motivated incidents against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in 2008, according to a report released today by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs.
The report measures the number of incidents reported to the affiliated Colorado Anti-Violence Program. That number rose from 118 in 2007 to 121 in 2008, the report says. Of those, only 25 were also reported to the police.
Among them was the murder of Angie
Angie ZapataAllen Andrade, the 32-year-old convicted in April of murdering transgender Greeley teen Angie Zapata, has a MySpace page. A disturbing one that alternates Christian imagery, hate-speak and pleas not to judge him.
It appears to have been set up by one of Andrade's siblings. (He has at least two sisters, both of whom faithfully attended the trial.) From the "About Me" section:
People THINK that they know my brother based on the ONE mistake that he made last year. Well, you don
