Overview
- The trial in A Coruña centers on José Luis Franco, who has confessed to delivering the fatal stab, and witnesses testified that someone was heard saying “dame la navaja,” linking Franco to a request for a knife from a friend.
- The prosecution has asked for 14 years in prison for Franco for homicide and has requested dismissal of charges against the two co-defendants, while the victim’s family seeks convictions for all three.
- Defense lawyers say Franco only meant to scare the victim and ask the court to reclassify the act as negligent homicide or lesser offenses, with one defense proposing a one-year sentence as an alternative.
- Key factual gaps complicate the case: the knife that pierced Quispe’s heart was never recovered and several witnesses reported memory lapses and alcohol use during the chaotic incident.
- The three defendants will give their statements at the end of the plenary and the people’s jury will retire to deliberate, a verdict that will resolve contested accounts and shape possible appeals and related proceedings.