The Pittsburg Tribune Review reports that lawyers for a woman charged with killing an FBI agent can't use
expert witnesses on police procedures in an attempt to argue the agent's
death was the result of sloppy police work. Christina Korbe, 41, of Indiana Township is charged with fatally
shooting Special Agent Sam Hicks on Nov. 19, 2008, as he led officers
into her home to arrest her husband on drug charges.
Korbe claims she thought the officers were burglars. U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry ruled that "evidence of police standard operating procedures and police training ... is not relevant to the pertinent inquiry of whether defendant acted in self-defense." Korbe's trial is scheduled to start March 7 in federal court.
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