«El acusado se declaró inocente, alegando que no _____ en la ciudad el día del crimen».

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: D. estaba

Analysis: Reported speech with factual assertions in the past ('alegando que') takes the imperfect indicative ('estaba'). Answer: estaba. Why not the others: 'esté' is present subjunctive; 'estuviera' is imperfect subjunctive; 'estaría' is conditional.

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