Posted on 06/21/2018 2:27:05 PM PDT by Elderberry
Defense attorneys Casie Gotro and Clint Broden will receive top honors Thursday from the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association for their role in challenging the mass prosecution of bikers in the 2015 shootout at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco.
Gotro and Broden will be named as the association’s Percy Foreman Lawyers of the Year at a banquet Thursday in San Antonio.
Casie Gotro, of Houston, defended Jacob Carrizal last fall in the first and only Twin Peaks case that has gone to trial. The five-week trial of Carrizal, president of the Dallas chapter of the Bandidos, ended in a mistrial. He was later re-indicted on a first-degree riot charge, which has a maximum possible sentence of life in prison.
Throughout the Carrizal trial, Gotro repeatedly cited instances in which DA’s office withheld evidence throughout the trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury.
A McLennan County grand jury has re-indicted 24 of the remaining 37 defendants whose cases were not dismissed after the district attorney’s office changed its prosecutorial path that took about three years.
Broden, a Dallas attorney, represented three Twin Peaks defendants, including Hewitt resident Matthew Clendennen. One of the most outspoken critics of McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna’s mass prosecution strategy, Broden persuaded judges to overturn two gag orders and obtained affidavits from local authorities alleging corruption in the DA’s office.
At Broden’s urging, the district attorney’s office was recused from Clendennen’s case, and special prosecutors dismissed the case, citing a lack of probable cause for his arrest.
The defense attorney’s association stated that Broden’s work paved the way for a succession of recusals and dismissals, along with civil suits that are now pending.
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Good. This whole thing was a law enforcement farce from the onset.
It can be crazy if one asks about a drug bust, and why it took so long to close, and the cops just look around. Clearly there are folks behind the scenes that don't want a whole lot of scrutiny.
It soon began to look very much like two houses both having poxes upon them from before they met. It isn’t wise for recreational bikers to hobnob with hardcore gangs. It isn’t wise to view a pending attack that your police agency knows about as an opportunity to shoot up your enemy rather than put a kibosh on that carnage. I’d be surprised if this doesn’t end up economically soaking the Waco area. Deep State isn’t just in Washington.
Thanks should be State wide Honors.
It is.
Percy Foreman Lawyer of the Year
Recipients
The Percy Foreman Lawyer of the Year Award honors the individual attorney who has provided outstanding legal representation. The recipient must be a member in good standing of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA) and the State Bar of Texas.
The award is named after Percy Foreman, the renowned Criminal Defense Lawyer and TCDLA Charter Member, in honor of his almost 60 years of service as an attorney. The award will be presented each year at TCDLA’s Rusty Duncan seminar by the current President of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
The criteria for the award are as follow:
Recipient must be a member in good standing of TCDLA and the State Bar of Texas
Nominations for the award must be on the requisite for, submitted to TCDLA attention of the Percy Foreman Lawyer of the Year Award Committee, no later than March 1st.
Gotcha, my bad thought just from Waco, Great they earned it.
Deadlocked by a single juror who wouldn't agree to acquit as I understand.
In before the snarly party pooper.
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