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(Albuquerque) The
prosecution wasted little time reacting to Diazien Hossencofft's
refusal to talk. One day after the convicted killer decided not
to disclose details of the murder of his estranged wife, the
State filed a Motion to Compel Compliance.
The State's motion is aimed at preventing the transfer of
inmate Hossencofft to a Wyoming prison. In his plea bargain last
week, the State agreed to honor Mr.Hossencofft's request that
he be transferred to Wyoming. Also in the plea bargain signed
by Hossencofft, the defendant agreed to "fully disclose
information and knowledge within ten (10) days...concerning this
matter inclusive of the whereabouts of the remains and body of
Girly Chew Hossencofft..."
Today's motion sheds new insight into what happened in a locked
room yesterday where Hossencofft refused to make a statement.
According to the motion, "On 15 January 2002, on the occasion
of his plea-required statement to detectives, the Defendant stated
that he did not know where the body was and that was all that
he was required to talk about. He (Hossencofft) boasted that
he was providing no further statement and that nothing would
prevent him from getting his deal for Wyoming."
The State's motion, submitted by Assistant District Attorney
Paul Spiers, concludes, "...the Plaintiff respectfully requests
that this Honorable Court invalidate a corresponding aspect of
his plea agreement--transport to and incarceration in Wyoming--until
such time that the Defendant complies with the statement provision
of said plea agreement."
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"...profane and degrading
nonsense." |
Prosecutor Spiers' motion also included some determined language
describing Mr. Hossencofft's refusal to talk "(Hossencofft's)
position that he doesn't have to talk about the case in a good
faith way is profane and degrading nonsense," writes Spiers.
Also in his motion, Spiers suggests that Hossencofft has "apparently
persuaded himself" that the plea agreement only obligates
him to speak about the whereabouts of Ms. Hossencofft's body.
Flat out wrong, according to the State's motion. "He (Hossencofft)
chose rather to adopt a tortured and unrecognizable translation
of the clear language of the terms of the plea agreement."
District Court Judge John Brennan is scheduled to hear the
State's motion at 9am Thursday morning (January 17). |
