Accused hitmen received reduced prison sentences recently after the credibility of a Dallas homicide detective involved in their cases was questioned.
of tampering with records and perjury after he accused a fellow officer of orchestrating a murder. While some said the detective’s recent legal troubles were a factor, his attorney contends that plea deals are not uncommon.killings in 2017.
Montenegro then came under review. The Dallas police department’s public integrity unit sent two felony cases of tampering with records and a misdemeanor case of perjury against Montenegro to prosecutors. However, a grand jury declined to indict him. However, most cases result in plea deals rather than trials, said Messina Madson, who represents Montenegro.Every case has nuances that are considered in plea deal negotiations between prosecutors and defense lawyers, the details of which aren’t typically known to others, Madson said.
That indicates prosecutors didn’t want to risk losing the cases in front of juries where Montenegro’s credibility and judgment could be questioned, Cox said.“It means that a defense attorney can attack the quality of the investigation and point out to the jury that they can’t be confident that anything this detective said is true,” Cox said.
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