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US judge mulls competency of Mexican man who shot American

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FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, for his arraignment in San Francisco. Attorneys for Zarate, acquitted of murder in a shooting that helped fuel the U.S. immigration debate, are seeking a court order for documents to help them argue that his U.S. gun charges are vindictive. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Lawyers call US gun charges for Mexican man ‘vindictive’

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FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. Zarate, acquitted of murder in a San Francisco case that prompted immigration debate has pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Immigrant cleared in killing pleads not guilty to gun counts

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. Garcia Zarate, acquitted of murder in a San Francisco case that prompted immigration debate has been denied bail while he awaits trial on federal gun charges. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Mexican man acquitted of San Francisco murder denied bail

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In this July 17, 2015, file photo, flowers and a portrait of Kate Steinle remain at a memorial site on Pier 14 in San Francisco. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

The Latest: Immigrant acquitted of killing faces US case

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FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. Garcia Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier ,is scheduled to be sentenced on a lesser gun charge Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Immigrant cleared of San Francisco killing faces US charges

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file booking photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. The Mexican man acquitted of murder but convicted of illegal gun possession for the shooting death of a San Francisco woman that sparked an immigration debate is seeking a new trial for the firearm charge. Lawyers for Zarate said Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, that the judge presiding over the murder trial failed to properly instruct jurors before they acquitted him of killing Kate Steinle in 2015. (San Francisco Police Department via AP, File)

Man acquitted in pier shooting seeks new trial on gun charge

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Alternate juror: Steinle shooting jury was right to acquit

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Jose Garcia Zarate faces federal charges in death of Kate Steinle

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Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is led into the courtroom for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Mexican acquitted of murder faces gun, immigration charges

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Mexican man acquitted in slaying wants gun conviction tossed

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Alex Bastian, Deputy Chief of Staff with the San Francisco District Attorney's Office answers questions after a verdict was reached in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in San Francisco. Garcia Zarate was found not guilty in the killing of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier that touched off a national immigration debate two years ago, rejecting possible charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to first-degree murder. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Kate Steinle’s killer should’ve been found guilty of manslaughter, at least

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2017 file photo, Jim Steinle, center, and Liz Sullivan, right, the parents of Kate Steinle, walk to a courtroom for closing arguments in the trial of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate accused of killing their daughter, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

How the Kate Steinle case became an immigration flashpoint

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In this July 7, 2015, file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

San Francisco defends sanctuary status as backlash mounts

By PAUL ELIAS and JANIE HAR - Associated Press

In this July 7, 2015, file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

The Latest: San Francisco criticized after jury verdict

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In this July 7, 2015, file photo, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, right, is led into the courtroom by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, left, and Assistant District Attorney Diana Garciaor, center, for his arraignment at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, Pool, File)

Donald Trump nails it — Jose Ines Garcia Zarate v. Kate Steinle a ‘disgraceful verdict’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. (San Francisco Police Department via AP) ** FILE **

Ben Shapiro: Steinle verdict a great example ‘why President Trump won’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. (San Francisco Police Department via AP) ** FILE **

Jose Garcia Zarate to be deported after acquittal in Steinle shooting

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FILE - In this July 6, 2015 file photo, Father Cameron Faller, right, and Julio Escobar, of Restorative Justice Ministry, conduct a vigil for Kathryn Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco. A jury has reached a verdict Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in the trial of Mexican man at center of immigration debate in the San Francisco pier shooting. (AP Photo/Beck Diefenbach, File)

Jury acquits Mexican man in San Francisco pier killing

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press

Kate Steinle was killed on Pier 14 in San Francisco while walking with her father. A jury on Thursday found the illegal immigrant who shot her not guilty of murder. (Associated Press/File)

Jose Garcia Zarate Not guilty of homicide charges Kate Steinle shooting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times