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Court delays trial after confusion over body-worn camera recording and an officer’s separate prosecution
Summary
A county-court jury trial was paused and recalled after defense counsel and the court discovered gaps and conflicting attribution in a body-worn camera recording and learned the officer believed to own the camera had been charged in a separate case; the judge excused the jury and ordered parties to confirm officer identity and appear the following day.
A county-court judge halted a jury trial and recalled the matter for the next day after defense attorneys raised questions about a body-worn camera recording and the identity of the officer who made the recording.
Defense counsel told the court that a body-camera video tendered in discovery cuts off mid-statement and that supplemental statements or officer witnesses necessary to impeach the complaining witness were unclear or had changed. Counsel said the defense could not properly test inconsistencies without knowing who made the original recording.
The court…
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