WHEELER ARMY AIR FIELD, Hawaii — A court-martial panel on Friday found a Schofield Barracks-based soldier not guilty of killing an unarmed Iraqi last year.
The court-martial panel started deliberating on Friday morning. After seven hours, Sgt. 1st-Class Trey Corrales was acquitted of all charges.
A panel of soldiers and officers from Schofield Barracks and Wheeler acquitted Corrales of three charges, including pre-meditated murder. Corrales of San Antonio, Texas, would have faced a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole if he had been convicted.
Prosecution witnesses said Corrales told them to kill military-aged men at a suspected insurgent house in Iraq last year. Witnesses claimed the sergeant shot an unarmed Iraqi to death.
The defense argued Corrales was acting on reflexes in the heat of war.
His wife and two children were in court, and the family is planning a trip to Disneyland. More…
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