EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius was seen in an El Paso courtroom Thursday morning, Sept. 12, for a scheduling hearing.
Crusius’ defense team spoke on their previous six-month plan to organize data that was provided by the state and asked Judge Sam Medrano for over 15 to 24 months to go over that evidence.
Defense Attorney Joe Spencer says they intend to file five to six more discovery motions, adding that former D.A. Yvonne Rosales’ administration was a “disaster.”
“We could not believe the type of misconduct that was done by the District Attorney’s office,” Spencer said.
Judge Sam Medrano discussed the discovery motion filed by the defense along with the gag order, corruption, and evidence being held by the El Paso D.A.’s office.
Judge Medrano ordered an immediate turnover of 3.5 hours of recorded phone calls and call logs between Crusius and his defense team.
Anything in the D.A.’s office would also need to be preserved and the state would have to review the defense’s requests.
A hearing on the discovery motion will be at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, where parties will go line by line of motion to either produce the evidence requested or verbally admit that it does not exist.
No trial was scheduled on Thursday, and Judge Medrano said a scheduling order would come before the end of the month.
Crusius was seen shackled and wearing a bulletproof vest as he sat with his defense team.
As we have previously reported, on Monday, Sept. 9, the 2019 Walmart mass shooter’s defense team filed a motion to Judge Sam Medrano asking the court to order the State to produce all documentation related to its charges.
In addition, the defense asked Medrano to consider penalties based on its findings to include barring the death penalty or dismissing charges altogether.
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