Bias claim dropped against Tucson judge in Isabel Celis' murder trial
TUCSON ― Attorneys defending a man who killed a teenage girl in Tucson in 2014, and whose trial in the death of 6-year-old Isabel Celis was declare...
TUCSON ― Attorneys defending a man who killed a teenage girl in Tucson in 2014, and whose trial in the death of 6-year-old Isabel Celis was declared a mistrial, alleged the judge showed bias against him. A motion the attorneys submitted to change the judge was denied Wednesday in Pima County Superior Court. Christopher Clements, 41, who was charged with kidnapping and killing 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez in 2014, was convicted Sept. 30 and sentenced to natural life in prison plus a 17-year prison term for kidnapping a teenage victim, to be served consecutively with the life sentence.