Defense and prosecutors flag slow discovery: large video files delay review ahead of trial
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Summary
Attorneys told the court that prosecutors had uploaded many videos, some too large to download in-court, delaying defense review. The court set plea and trial dates while ordering counsel to coordinate access.
Defense counsel and prosecutors told Judge Stephanie Boyd that discovery in multiple cases includes numerous large video files that are slow to open and in some instances are too large for in-court download, delaying defense review.
Attorney Pauline Portillo said she was newly retained on Felipe Reyes’ matter and had not received discovery in either case; the court set a jury-trial-ready date for the next day and asked the state to make video files available on a ZIP drive. Later, prosecutors told the court there are about 20 video files for one case and five that are too large to download quickly; opening a single video could take 20 minutes. The state and defense agreed to reconvene the next day to continue review, and the court recalled the matters for trial-related updates.
Judge Boyd emphasized that attorneys must be able to review the evidence before plea deadlines and trial settings and directed counsel to bring appropriate media (a ZIP drive/laptop) or arrange an in-person review with the state. The court set plea-deadline dates where applicable and scheduled trial and discovery status check-ins.
