A judge is being asked to throw out a confession from a Guatemalan man living illegally in the U.S. whor17;s charged in a drunken-driving crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver.
The attorney for 37-year-old Manuel Orrego-Savala filed a motion Tuesday in Marion County court Geno Atkins Jersey , arguing that Orrego-Savalar17;s statements to a state trooper after the Feb. 4 crash shouldnr17;t be allowed because he wasnr17;t first read his rights.
Orrego-Savala faces four felony charges for the Indianapolis crash that killed Jackson and his driver, Jeffrey Monroe. Prosecutors say Orrego-Savala had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent, which is more than twice the legal limit of .08 percent. Authorities say Orrego-Savala was deported from the U.S. in 2007 and 2009 and was back in the country illegally.
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His next court hearing is set for March. 27.
Teams from opposite ends of Pennsylvania and heading in opposite directions face off this weekend when the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.
Philadelphia (47-37) has won four games in a row and six of its past seven to sit 10 games above .500 for the first time since late 2011.
r0;I think itr17;s a nice milestone and one that we can celebrate. Wer17;ll use it as fuel and motivation,r1; Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said.
The Phillies have put themselves in solid contention in the National League East. The series opener Friday against Pittsburgh launches a four-city, 11-game road trip that leads into the All-Star break.
r0;We never really doubted ourselves,r1; said starter Aaron Nola, who picked up the win Wednesday in a 4-1 victory over Baltimore. r0;Other people thought we were in a rebuilding year this year. We got good additions to the team.
r0;We have veteran guys who have been on winning teams and won championships. They know what it takes to win, and I think wer17;re following them.r1;
The Pirates (40-46), meanwhile, sit at a season-low six games below .500 and are in danger of being caught by last-place Cincinnati in the NL Central. They are opening an 11-game homestand leading into the All-Star break.
Pittsburgh is coming off a 2-4 West Coast trip, the final three games of which it was swept in Los Angeles by a combined score of 31-8. The Dodgers had 10 homers among 41 hits in those games.
r0;I think we definitely could have played better, but we also ran into a really hot team too,r1; Pirates shortstop Jordy Mercer told MLB.com. r0;In the whole grand scheme of things Carlos Dunlap Jerse , we havenr17;t played very well and wer17;re six games under .500 right now. Things could be a lot worse.
r0;Thatr17;s one of the bright spots that you can look at. r30; We need to put four or five games in a row, and win four or five good games in a row, then see what happens after that.r1;
The Phillies qualify as another hot team. They also swept a four-game series against the Pirates in April.
r0;Wer17;ve just got to keep working,r1; Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. r0;The game shows you where you need to improve. It gives you immediate feedback. We got a lot of immediate feedback.r1;
Two Pittsburgh starters, Chad Kuhl and Joe Musgrove, were hurt during the road trip.
On Friday, Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams (6-6, 4.22 ERA) is scheduled to start against Philadelphia righty Nick Pivetta (5-7, 4.66).
Williams has lost two straight starts since a June 18 win when he pitched seven scoreless, one-hit innings in a 1-0 game against Milwaukee. That was his first victory in more than a month.
He is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in two career starts against the Phillies, including a no-decision April 22 when he gave up two runs in six innings of an 11-inning Pirates loss.
Pivettar17;s last outing wasnr17;t a start. He came in to pitch a scoreless 13th inning Sunday when the Phillies had to go deep into their pitching staff in a 4-3 win over Washington. It was his first relief appearance since 2015 when he was in Class A.
Pivetta has one no-decision in his career against Pittsburgh.
