Attorneys for disgraced ex-Bexar County constable Michelle Barrientes Vela argued in court Wednesday that she is entitled to a new trial following flubbed testimony from a Texas Ranger and jurors sleeping or coughing during key moments of last year’s proceedings.
in early January, months after being convicted of tampering with security payment logs at a West Side park.
Olguin testified that jurors were “taken aback” when Texas Ranger Bradley Freeman said on the witness stand in late August that he believed Barrientes Vela had committed official oppression. Freeman’s utterance of the phrase nearly caused Meza to declare a mistrial and eventually led her late last year to hold Freeman inFreeman’s contempt case is scheduled to be back in court late this month and his misstep is likely to play a key role in Barrientes Vela’s appeal, should she not be granted a new trial.
The judge pointed out that defense attorneys for Barrientes Vela failed to object to the coughing during the trial.
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