New Mexico Supreme Court upholds conviction of man who killed church security guard

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds conviction of man who killed church security guard

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man who ran over and killed a church security guard. In 2022, Daniel Bourne, a security guard at Calvary Church, noticed a suspicious truck in the church parking lot. Marc Ward, the owner of the truck, testified that he accidentally hit Bourne [...]

Supreme Court Affirms Murder Conviction Of Albuquerque Man For Causing Death Of Church Security Guard

SUPREME COURT NEWS RELEASE The state Supreme Court today upheld an Albuquerque man’s first-degree murder conviction for the death of a church security guard who he hit with a pickup truck in the church’s parking lot. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice C. Shannon Bacon, the Court rejected arguments by Marc Ward that there was not enough evidence to support his conviction and that the trial court wrongly denied a request to instruct the jur…