Fierro Found Guilty

Santa Fe attorney Carlos Fierro has been convicted of vehicular homicide in the hit-and-run death of a man last November in Santa Fe.



The jury returned its guilty verdict Friday afternoon in Santa Fe.



The jury was hung on a second count, leaving the scene of an accident. The vote was 11-1 in favor of a guilty verdict but it must be unanimous for a conviction.



The state District Court trial began Sept. 21 and the case went to the jury late Monday afternoon after Fierro testified and attorneys made their closing arguments.



Fierro, 36, was charged in the death of William Tenorio of San Felipe Pueblo.



Tenorio, 46, was struck by Fierro�s black BMW as he was walking across the street from WilLee�s Blues Club on Guadalupe Street after the bar closed early the morning of Nov. 26.



Fierro had acknowledged driving drunk, and his blood-alcohol content was measured at nearly three times the level of presumed intoxication. His defense had maintained Tenorio caused the crash by jaywalking and inattention, and that the pedestrian was hard to see in dark clothes.