She said she is hopeful while also torn in regards to whether the DA’s office will be able to catch up with the backlog. Public Defender Kelli Childress Diaz has been filing cases for dismissal since early August. The manpower and the loss of institutional knowledge is going to make it really, really hard for her to catch up,"Wyatt said. “The problem is Yvonne has her foot in the bucket, things have gotten so bad and there’s such a backlog, and what she's really missing is the manpower. The district attorney’s office has been under scrutiny for the extensive criminal backlog.ĬBS4 asked Wyatt if he believed the DA’s office could catch up with the load by the end of the year. “I’ve got 100’s and 100’s of clients, I get them on both ends, I get clients that are just so happy they walked and their happy and cheering and I got guys like this, that are just like “why is your other clients, why do they get to go free and I get punished?” said Wyatt. He explained as a defense attorney it’s been frustrating for him and his clients to see some cases being dismissed, and others indicted when the charges are so similar. RECOMMENDED: Judge rules in favor of citation petition to remove El Paso DA Rosales moves forward “When I told my client the news, he said, 'Listen, your other clients get to go free but yet I’m the one being punished', you know, if you’re concerned about truth or justice or even defending your client, that’s a tough one to hear.” In referral court 7 out 10 criminal cases were dismissed while the other 3 were picked up by the state.Īttorney Dereck Wyatt was one of the attorneys whose client's case was indicted on Friday. EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) - The dismissal of criminal cases continued at the El Paso County Courthouse due to the district attorney’s office falling behind with criminal indictments.
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