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Ashley Hayes Reporting An accused killer's own words will be used against him in court. That's what a Provo judge has ruled.
Despite arguments from Sergio-Ramos Trujillo's lawyers, a jury will hear the Mexican national's murder confession.
Sergio Ramos Trujillo is on trial for killing his co-worker, Jorge Corana-Mora. Trujillo is accused of shooting Corana at an Elberta Dairy farm back in September.
Authorities believe Trujillo shot Corana 24 hours after the two were involved in a road rage incident.
Trujillo's attorney tried to suppress his confession because Trujillo didn't speak with a representative from the Mexican consulate before he admitted to the murder.
Prosecuters pointed to other cases where consular rights were violated and confessions were still used as evidence.
Judge Lynn Davis is allowing the confession based on the consulate's own policy not to visit a Mexican national until that person is charged with a crime.
Mexico has a guilty until proven innocent presumption, unlike here in the US, and it's that difference the defense feels may have lead Trujillo to unknowingly incriminate himself.
A jury has been selected for the trial.
