Flores, Reynaldo

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided April 27, 2015·No. WR-79,171-05·Published

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-and media coverage ofthe said he assumed the initial But Rodriguez said the hundreds of ~-- . lot ofy6ting folks and pfbf~s~ : LONGORIA c~se. And he. said the ~is~ file McAllen police. sent his · sruneprocessl~slllts''iri ~l1n~;~\ D~s ;; ~- _t~ii~}i!~'~ ' 1 1 ~::~~~~on~~:~a~;~~-;~of.tli~:&fili.e,::, From Page. IA. tnct attorney was throwmg prosecutors· contamed all •· dr~ds of other. DWI pros~.·.r. The·:· ·i·,unfair". . .. . . . .. . ;,(;,.\~onsideration;:>I:ye'tlad hw;H I Hidalgo County District blame at his department to the evidence. ' ' ecutions every year, and part of this is li;:dtl§ti6~i~1~~~:~;J. :. areds;ofpeople 'on pre-trial Attorney Rene Guerra said distract fr_om Guerra's o~ · "Wl1a~ · ~e heU ·good_.is jt:, · ·911err~·~~, ~~i~~fof.te}?,_~~-~~? that • the; sys"Al'£8'6g~'d~}j!~1N . diversioh.i\;~·~·!;:,t';j· :1(_:~/:>.:; •;:~r · the prosecution of 13th transgr7ss10n.- affordmg to ha':e It at,the PD,~w,h~n! ;i,Jnv~stigatiqn~~er,e,}n~<~~Wlo tem-.• ~worked·,~if'~M:•sq~'f/If~i ·. D;yelecq ~c~dOni,Rod~I~:: J 1 Court of Ap- Longona special treatment. ,need ~t at th. e: C04rth. 01.1~e?. o. bsc;ure ,th.e .truth.'.'::_~_-.~··:i~J:f.}~;.:;i; .to pr. osecute: ~~~ty\'t~_.··gt_. :~il··.,?~~l~-.;l gu. e.z; .who Will. ·be :-swo_ rn_ I.n · r. peals Justice "It's somebody th~t kno~s :he said. ·~o~d ;:r ·.· a~~st the- : · · ..,11~:~-~ tiymg ';:t.9 ~_jiu~t{~Y9~ them · so_me- · ~~itf~;g~~~~;~ )Jan,,-J,::·s!Ud: W.hile_.,I\e;:\V~uld .· Nora Longo- so_mebody," the police ~l~Ief lady? _TJ;l~n·•:~t's:~n()~··my re,-::;._.::.d~~; ~-._pathw~_r't.h~!}~;_:il how·-· ... did~'t ,{!§11;;';.,,"<.'1\i_·.~l ;have:han.dled,;the ca~~diffe!~_; .' ria would've said. "He made a decision sponsi~ility.J assufiled_,t}iat:i•,•·Stl;!Pl~·p~th\Vay,;:·:~?-~P~ez work, for,.this ~1- .,:\.. ~~~ ~~ntly,.~e~~o)volll~'vepro?"' j crumbled based ?n that. ~d _when ·the p_olice departm~nts w~re · sai?: The_q~_es~oH'~s~,~~~;~Jf .case. ' , · ! ... , .:.~f~~~.- . Arr~ ~a?ly: n;~oiJI!ll~I;J-g~~ ;p~~~.tn~ · without the . c~ught m the public ~Iscus- ,.sending us all ~7,';Ideo. And . w~,_have lip~9,r~~~;., perl]~P,~. ·. ; .If ;P,r9s~cu; · [hft:~!f*:!;~-t~I~ff~l . rQiveJ;~Ic;>Ik !l;·,:~:·: .. ;f.!;t~ ,i:J:'·'·; l~ / police:. dash- swn of that, he's trymg to T find out' that ll1'1\1cAllen, . th9usand~~·:ofpeople·sery].I:lg· tors :·ha~ ~P-J~B~cFtfli'r~tt~ :,~·::Jjl;;would· pave ,Lm(ld~ ~'!Ire · board camera shift the bla~e." ~ec(}.use ··it takesJinfopna- Dvyi':¥~,~~eiic:.~s ~in ·.1-Pq,fi:I~o · · ces~:,. to ·that' ~~P:~tm:~~~fSJ~l ;~at regardle,s~sWh\lh(ltl:m. not),,;}las; wor.~~~!;:fgrtrr~fl}.};~? likely .. ?ave :¥il1'' . ,,~ _,.~%~-· ,.J~thi_I}ki(~_llmR?~t~t that:~e forward to his . the police statiOn.

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