Judge to determine if explicit personal videos should be recalled in Twin Peaks case
An attorney for former Twin Peaks shootout defendant Cody Ledbetter asked a judge on Friday to order the McLennan County District Attorneys Office to recall sexually explicit photos and videos of Ledbetter and his wife that the DAs office distributed to 177 Twin Peaks defendants as part of the discovery process.
The DAs office dismissed the criminal case against Ledbetter, a 28-year-old diesel mechanic from Waco with no criminal record, last week, four days before a jury panel was to report to fill out questionnaires and ahead of his April 2 trial date. While Ledbetter said he was relieved to get the criminal case behind him, he wants the DAs office to ask lawyers for the 177 bikers arrested who received the private photos and videos of him and his wife to return them.
Judge Matt Johnson of Wacos 54th State District Court took the request under advisement following a brief hearing Friday after prosecutors Sterling Harmon and Gabrielle Massey argued that Johnsons court no longer has jurisdiction over Ledbetters case since the dismissal. They said it could cost the state an additional $4,500 in shipping fees to recall the discovery, remove the photos and videos and send the mounds of evidence back out.
The judge said he wants to review cases the attorneys submitted to determine if his court still has jurisdiction.
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