Posted on 03/23/2018 3:29:59 PM PDT by Elderberry
An attorney for former Twin Peaks shootout defendant Cody Ledbetter asked a judge on Friday to order the McLennan County District Attorney's Office to recall sexually explicit photos and videos of Ledbetter and his wife that the DA's office distributed to 177 Twin Peaks defendants as part of the discovery process.
The DA's office dismissed the criminal case against Ledbetter, a 28-year-old diesel mechanic from Waco with no criminal record, last week, four days before a jury panel was to report to fill out questionnaires and ahead of his April 2 trial date. While Ledbetter said he was relieved to get the criminal case behind him, he wants the DA's office to ask lawyers for the 177 bikers arrested who received the private photos and videos of him and his wife to return them.
Judge Matt Johnson of Waco's 54th State District Court took the request under advisement following a brief hearing Friday after prosecutors Sterling Harmon and Gabrielle Massey argued that Johnson's court no longer has jurisdiction over Ledbetter's case since the dismissal. They said it could cost the state an additional $4,500 in shipping fees to recall the discovery, remove the photos and videos and send the mounds of evidence back out.
The judge said he wants to review cases the attorneys submitted to determine if his court still has jurisdiction.
Paul Looney, of Houston, who represents Ledbetter, argued that Johnson's court still has jurisdiction over the case for at least 30 days and that the DA's office committed criminal acts by disseminating the photos and videos, which were taken from Ledbetter's cellphone after his arrest in May 2015.
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I don’t understand what the issue is. The state released private material under the color of law, so they need to correct the error. If you or I did such, we would go to jail. Correct the problem or let the taxpayers send money to the aggrieved party.
The ethically challenged District Attorney intentionally released private material under the color of law
I’m always up for a nice pair of Twin Peaks, nyuk nyuk nyuk..
Anything to delay these people from getting their lives back. How many more years?
If the attorney didn’t want the world to see his willy, he shouldn’t have videoed it and put it on the taxpayer’s computer. Perhaps he needs to pay all the expense. He’s the one needing firing.
It wasn't a video of the lawyer, it was of his client and his client's wife. It was not on a taxpayer's computer, it was on the client's cell phone.
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A judge said Wednesday he will order attorneys for Twin Peaks shootout bikers who received sexually explicit images of biker Cody Ledbetter and his wife distributed by the McLennan County District Attorney's Office through the discovery process to destroy the images.
Judge Matt Johnson of Waco's 54th State District Court also issued an order Wednesday prohibiting McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna's office from further distribution of the "private, intimate sexual images" of Ledbetter and his wife taken from Ledbetter's cellphone after his arrest in May 2015.
Johnson's orders came in response to a motion from Ledbetter's attorney, Paul Looney, who called the DA's actions "revenge porn" and alleged office personnel are guilty of misdemeanor offenses for every image or video of the Ledbetters they sent or send out.
Thanks for fixing the problem for me, like to stay up on this Travesty.
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