Motorcycle club patch.
Posted on 04/30/2018 10:31:52 AM PDT by Elderberry
The Twin Peaks case involving Hewitt resident Matthew Alan Clendennen was dismissed Monday by the special prosecutor who was appointed to try the case after the local district attorney stepped away from it.
Brian M. Roberts, the attorney who was appointed to prosecute the Clendennen case, signed the dismissal form which states: “After reviewing all the facts, circumstances and evidence, it is the state’s position that no probable cause exists to believe the defendant committed the offense.”
Roberts said the case was dismissed “with prejudice”, which means it cannot be re-called or re-filed and henceforth is moot.
Clendennen and his attorney, F Clinton Broden, of Dallas, have led the charge among Twin Peaks defendants who have been trying to change the perception of the Twin Peaks prosecutions.
“Now, almost three years later, after the filing of numerous speedy trial demands and countless motions in the trial court, the recusal of the trial judge, the recusal of the district attorney, and three trips to the Court of Appeals, the saga is over for Matt Clendennen,” Broden said in a news release issued Monday.
The Clendennen case, among several that were assigned to prosecutors outside District Attorney Abel Reyna’s office after Reyna recused himself, is the first of those that was independently reviewed outside of Reyna’s office.
“The special prosecutors make clear in their motion that the case against Mr. Clendennen is being dismissed based upon the lack of probable cause and with prejudice,” Broden’s release said.
“After being arrested with a ‘fill-in-the-name’ arrest warrant, being held in jail for three weeks on a $1,000,000 bond and being held hostage for three years despite making several demands for a speedy trial, I am hopeful the civil courts will ultimately provide justice for Matt,” Broden said.
“We also must never forget that nine people died at Twin Peaks. Nevertheless, because of the reckless actions on the part of the District Attorney in advocating for wholesale arrests rather than the particularized arrests of the individual suspects, those nine families may be denied justice,” Broden said.
I could not care less one way or the other. If I was king I would round up every one percenter in the US, interrogate them until all intel was extracted, and then hang every last one of them. Scum.
TexasGator, is that you?
Hint: The Waco authorities basically arrested everyone even in the general vicinity of what happened on a boilerplate charge sheet - even people who were not in a gang, not motorcyclists and had no weapons or part in what happened. Do you think that’s the correct thing to do?
Really?
Did a biker steal your girlfriend or something?
One of many cases in point: http://www.wfaa.com/article/features/original/almost-three-years-after-wacos-deadly-biker-brawl-why-no-convictions/287-523841840
You’d fit right in with likes of Stalin or Mao in the old socialist Russia or China.
How precious King for a day!
This is a big thing, his case has been at the forefront of wanting to face his accusers. This is a good thing for him but is a reminder to all who have followed this what a Travesty to real Justice this has enlightened all who were involved and followed this. A BIG Thank you to you again for keeping all of us informed.
LOL, sad but yes often the case
Did Waco give him back his reputation? Pay for all his court expenses? Reimburse him for income loss? Time and trouble? No, didn’t think so.
Shame on you.
I fail to see a link between this wrongful arrest and your desire to round up the top 1% of this country.
You’re not Bernie Sanders, by any chance, are you?
Sounds very commie.
Motorcycle club patch.
Many of the people Waco arrested were not 1-percenters. Several weren’t even motorcyclists. Waco just arrested everyone in the area, participant or not, and charged them all with the same crimes.
I never seen well presented statistics but suspect most of the murdered and wounded was by law enforcement.
Nah. A bunch of them brought her back to him.
No Waco law enforcement or prosecutory agency has released the ballistics or forensics report. Which is both telling and explains why nobody has heard anything clear about it.
Probably wouldn't have been too difficult.
Hey, wait a minute. I was told every one of these cases was a slam dunk. Merely a formality.
1 percenters in the context of bikers means outlaw bikers. They guys that pimp, rape, sell drugs and guns, beat people, burn people, shake down businesses, murder etc.
Outlaw bikers call themselves 1 percenters.
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