WOW! So the DA cannot connect ANY single accused to any single victim???
Is THAT what this mishmash is saying?
The indictments charge each of the accused with killing or injuring one or more of those killed or injured, and conflate "knowing" with "conspiring" (agreeing to commit a crime) although even "knowing" (in advance) has to be inferred from presence at the scene.
I think the indictments are deficient as a matter of law.
Art. 21.03. WHAT SHOULD BE STATED. Everything should be stated in an indictment which is necessary to be proved.To prove conspiracy, there must be proof of agreement. Knowledge is not agreement, and the indictments do not state that the person charged agreed to commit a crime, only that they either did it, or knew it was to occur.
The indictment also alleges recklessness, but I see, on careful reading, only for injury. The accusation of causing death is alleged to have been done intentionally and knowingly. Reckless conduct is not part of the allegation of causing death.
Art. 21.15. MUST ALLEGE ACTS OF RECKLESSNESS OR CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. Whenever recklessness or criminal negligence enters into or is a part or element of any offense, or it is charged that the accused acted recklessly or with criminal negligence in the commission of an offense, the complaint, information, or indictment in order to be sufficient in any such case must allege, with reasonable certainty, the act or acts relied upon to constitute recklessness or criminal negligence, and in no event shall it be sufficient to allege merely that the accused, in committing the offense, acted recklessly or with criminal negligence.
Whether or not the DA can connect a single accused to a single victim can't be gleaned from the indictments.