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Judge sets final discovery dates after attorneys report late phone extractions and lab work
Summary
Attorneys told the 187th District Court that phone extractions, forensic scans and lab analyses were outstanding; the judge ordered final discovery/reset dates and warned that the bench would not tolerate repeated late production.
During calendar calls and contested-status conferences on Dec. 18, multiple defense attorneys and prosecutors told the presiding judge that crucial evidence — including phone extractions ("phone dumps"), Leica scans and GSR analyses — had not been provided to the defense or remained incomplete. The judge questioned why the material had not been provided earlier and announced that the date set that morning would be the last discovery setting for those matters.
Counsel described a mix…
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