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Prosecutors tell court multiple cases delayed after they cannot reach complaining witnesses
Summary
At a status docket, prosecutors in several cases said attempts to contact complaining witnesses failed or returned bad numbers, delaying offers, discovery steps and trial scheduling.
At a status docket hearing, the judge heard several updates in which prosecutors said they were unable to reach complaining witnesses, a problem that prosecutors said has delayed plea offers, discovery steps and case resolution.
The issue arose in multiple matters, including cases for Jesse Fernandez III and Tabert J. Taylor, where prosecutors said phone numbers listed on offense reports did not work and certified letters were sent without response. "The number that that was on the offense report did not work," a prosecutor told the court, and later…
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