TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The murder trial of Santa Cruz County rancher George Alan Kelly is running slower than the court expected, and the judge isn't happy about it.

The issue led the defense to accuse the judge of violating Mr Kelly's rights.

Kelly is charged with second-degree murder after an illegal immigrant was found shot to death on his ranch last January.

There was only a half day of testimony today to allow time for the jury to tour Kelly's ranch, but this morning was the most tense yet.

The judge called for the case to be put before the jury within a week from today, making clear that things needed to move quickly.

The 12th day of testimony in the George Alan Kelly murder trial began with rebukes from lawyers on both sides.

“We are behind schedule. This case is scheduled to go to a jury this week, and we're going to proceed to ensure that happens,” Judge Thomas Fink said.

He proved that by throwing the defense a curveball before finishing his cross-examination of Detective Mario Barba.

The judge imposed a strict time limit of five minutes.

“This witness is supposed to be the lead investigator, yet limiting my cross-examination to five minutes violates Mr. Kelly's constitutional rights,” Brenna Larkin said.

“Well, you've got four minutes left,” Judge Fink said.

And the judge let it stand, and then they made another objection, and the judge left the room, leaving the court reporter to record it.

“Do you feel that your rights were violated by the judge imposing a time limit on cross-examination?”

“Sorry, I can't comment.”

There was only a half-day of testimony — there was a brief testimony from Border Patrol agent Jorge Ainza, whom the state called the lead detective — but we didn't hear much of it until the end of the day, when the jury was transported to Kelly's ranch for a site tour.

Media was not allowed on the tour, but we were told we would be visiting 15 points of interest as well as sections of the border wall.

Jurors should be able to hear questions from the site visit here tomorrow.

Today they were not allowed to speak.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day as we will be hearing Detective Ainza's testimony.

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