Former Santa Fe attorney Carlos Fierro walked out of prison …
Carlos Fierro is charged with vehicular homicide in the hit-and-run death of William Tenorio.
The Santa Fe attorney who hit and killed a man while driving …
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Fierro's trial to begin Monday
Updated: Wednesday, 23 Sep 2009, 11:59 AM MDT
Published : Sunday, 20 Sep 2009, 5:57 PM MDT
SANTA FE (KRQE) - A high profile DWI hit-and-run homicide case will go to trial on Monday, almost 10 months after a man was hit and killed in a Santa Fe Street.
Carlos Fierro, 36, will stand trial in New Mexico District Court for vehicular homicide and causing a fatal accident. Judge Michael Vigil will preside over the trail.
Fierro is accused of hitting William Tenorio as he stepped off a curb on Guadalupe Street last November, and then driving off.
Tenorio was 46. He had been drinking when he was killed.
Fierro is a politically connected attorney in Santa Fe. Just two years ago, he was named the New Mexico Bar Association's Outstanding Young Lawyer.
He now faces nine years in prison if he's convicted.
The trial is expected to last a couple of weeks.
Fierro's passenger that night was New Mexico State Police Officer Alfred Lovato. The 17 year veteran was assigned to Gov. Bill Richardson's security detail.
Lovato is also charged with vehicular homicide.
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