Thursday, June 8, 2023 by Nina Hernandez
The murder trial of Christopher Taylor, the Austin police officer who fatally shot Mike Ramos in 2020, has been reset for October.Travis County District Judge Dayna Blazey announced at a Wednesday hearing that the new date for the trial is Oct. 16.The court's first attempt at a trial ended in mistrial after four failed days of jury selection, stemming in part from the proceedings being mistakenly closed to the public - a violation of Taylor's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.
The murder trial of Christopher Taylor, the Austin police officer who fatally shot Mike Ramos in 2020, has been reset for October.Travis County District Judge Dayna Blazey announced at a Wednesday hearing that the new date for the trial is Oct. 16.The court's first attempt at a trial ended in mistrial after four failed days of jury selection, stemming in part from the proceedings being mistakenly closed to the public - a violation of Taylor's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial.
#individuals #transparency #proceedings #prosecution #district-attorney #murder-trial #jury-selection
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