07-24-2013, 06:02 PM
Castro was in court today with his two defense attorneys.
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-The trial date is set for August 5th; both sides confirmed to Judge Michael Russo that they are working toward a plea deal as a resolution.
-The plea deal would require the death penalty to be taken off the table before the defense will agree to one.
If they don't reach a plea deal soon, I think that the August 5th trial date will be substantially delayed; lots of evidence for the prosecution to process and turn over with reasonable time for the defense to review and prepare.
Snip:
The defense attorneys have been given more discovery evidence “in a shorter period of time than any case in the history of this county,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty said.
But Castro's defense team said the prosecution had missed the deadline for sharing its evidence three weeks before a trial.
Prosecutors said they would share forensic evidence from a state crime laboratory as soon as they receive it. The evidence wasn't specified in court.
McGinty acknowledged the time demands to review evidence and prepare for trial and added, “We've got nearly 1,000 counts in a period of 10 years of solid crime — never stopped, day after day after day.”
The judge cut McGinty off, saying it wasn't time for speeches.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/natio...0507.story
-The trial date is set for August 5th; both sides confirmed to Judge Michael Russo that they are working toward a plea deal as a resolution.
-The plea deal would require the death penalty to be taken off the table before the defense will agree to one.
If they don't reach a plea deal soon, I think that the August 5th trial date will be substantially delayed; lots of evidence for the prosecution to process and turn over with reasonable time for the defense to review and prepare.
Snip:
The defense attorneys have been given more discovery evidence “in a shorter period of time than any case in the history of this county,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty said.
But Castro's defense team said the prosecution had missed the deadline for sharing its evidence three weeks before a trial.
Prosecutors said they would share forensic evidence from a state crime laboratory as soon as they receive it. The evidence wasn't specified in court.
McGinty acknowledged the time demands to review evidence and prepare for trial and added, “We've got nearly 1,000 counts in a period of 10 years of solid crime — never stopped, day after day after day.”
The judge cut McGinty off, saying it wasn't time for speeches.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/natio...0507.story