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Antelope Valley DA reports filing backlog reduction, outlines common reasons for declined cases
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Micah Piantoneta, head deputy for the Antelope Valley district attorney, told the commission the office cleared most of a backlog of roughly 450 legacy filings and summarized May–June filing and declination counts across several felony categories.
Micah Piantoneta, head deputy for the Antelope Valley office of the District Attorney, reported to the Lancaster Criminal Justice Commission that his office has been working through and substantially reducing a backlog of older electronic case submissions. Piantoneta said the office had about 450 backlog cases when the project began and had reduced that number to roughly 100 older submissions; the office is now focusing on recent investigations and defendants in custody.
Piantoneta presented filing and decline counts for May and June across several felony categories. Examples he provided include: auto theft filings of 24 in May and 12 in…
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