Retrial of ex-Sheriff Maketa uncertain after acquittal on 3 charges, hung jury on 4

Prosecutors are weighing whether to retry former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa after a jury acquitted him of three counts and hung on the remaining four, resulting in a partial mistrial.

"That's something we haven't decided just yet," special prosecutor Mark Hurlbert said. "Hopefully, we'll have a decision in the next few days."

The long-awaited case - involving sweeping allegations of corruption by one of the county's best-known lawmen - was left steeped in irresolution on the trial's ninth day.

Yet even as the bulk of the charges against him remained, Maketa, 52, claimed victory.

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