EL PASO, TEXAS (AP) -- A federal judge in El Paso today resentenced a now-former Border Patrol agent to his original 12-year term over a 2005 shooting.
Jose Alonso Compean was convicted of shooting a fleeing drug smuggler.
Another former agent will be resentenced tomorrow.
Meanwhile, lawyers for Compean say they're asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.
The judge resentenced Compean to ten years for using a weapon in the commission of a felony, and another two years for assault and other charges.
Compean and now-ex agent Ignacio Ramos was convicted in 2006 of shooting admitted and now convicted drug smuggler Osvaldo Adlrete Davila and trying to cover it up.
A federal appeals court earlier this year threw out some convictions against both former lawmen -- but upheld the majority of the case.
Both ex-agents have been in prison since January 2007.
(Copyright ©2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TV Station Profiles & Public Inspection Files forKGBT