More Twin Peaks case dismissals expected as prosecutors re-evaluate evidence
WACO -- Two dozen bikers indicted in the Twin Peaks shootout learned Friday the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office is re-evaluating their cases and likely will dismiss all but about 25 of the 154 indicted in the May 2015 brawl.
Judge Ralph Strother of Waco’s 19th State District Court summoned 24 members of the Cossacks motorcycle group or their support clubs to court to get answers about how the Twin Peaks cases, pending in court for almost three years, will proceed.
Assistant District Attorney Amanda Dillon told the judge that she and others on the Twin Peaks prosecution team have been re-evaluating the cases and likely will have recommendations on how to proceed to lame duck McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna by the end of next week.
Reyna, who directed the arrests of anyone associated with the rival Bandidos or Cossacks groups after the deadly shootout, did not attend Friday’s hearing. Since 177 were arrested on the night of the shootout, 154 have been indicted, including a handful who were not arrested immediately after the shootout. Only one case, which ended in a hung jury and a mistrial, has been tried.
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