Judge Boyd grants continuance in McIntyre murder case, orders 30-day expert deadline and transcript search

Judge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court on Monday granted the defense's motion for a continuance in the 2019 murder case against Tamar McIntyre, citing newly disclosed discovery, an outstanding firearms expert report and an unproduced transcript of prior sworn testimony from a state's key witness.

The defense asked for more time after finding a single-line reference in voluminous discovery that suggested a firearm recovered from an indicted codefendant, Jalen Bell, had not been fully tested. Defense counsel said the identity or exclusion of that firearm could be "material" to McIntyre's defense that he was not the shooter. Jay Goldstein and John Hunter, defense lawyers in the case, told the court they had retained a firearms expert, referred to in court as Mr. Husky, who told them he could produce a report but had not yet completed his analysis.

Why it matters: The court record shows the case has been reset multiple times since 2019. The defense said the newly accessible portions of a prior phone extraction and additional statements from codefendants…