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Family of San Antonio Army vet killed by deputies calls for release of body-worn camera footage
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Attorney Lee Merritt, right, prepares to speak with media on behalf of the Damian Lamar Daniels family, in this file photo taken outside the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office on Sept. 1, 2020. Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-News
The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that the case of a San Antonio veteran who was killed in a confrontation in 2020 with sheriff’s deputies remains under review.
Army veteran Damian Lamar Daniels, 30, was shot and killed by Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies on Aug. 25, after authorities received a call for a man who was in mental distress.
A new San Antonio judge is sifting through potential jurors as trials loom
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Technology specialist Shawn Sanders, left, explains the set up to state District Judge Ron Rangel, second from right, and Juvenile District Judge Carlos Quezada, right, before meeting with a prospective jury pool online and in person in the Central Jury Room on Friday. In back is Chief Central Jury Bailiff Julieta Rabago Schulze.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Juvenile District Judge Carlos Quezada introduces himself to the prospective jury pool Friday as he helps state District Judge Ron Rangel qualify people to serve on juries that might be needed within days. Quezada used to work in the Central Jury Room before attending law school.Jerry Lara /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
In Bexar County, prosecution of marijuana possession cases is down 99.6% since 2018, district attorney says
Program has led to millions in taxpayer-dollar savings and fewer people incarcerated, report says
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Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales. (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
SAN ANTONIO – In the last two years, Bexar County’s cite and release program has significantly reduced the number of people in the county jail who are accused of possession of small amounts of marijuana, according to new data was released Tuesday by District Attorney Joe Gonzales.
The report, released at the midway point of Gonzales’ 4-year term, shows that in 2018, the year before the policy was implemented, the DA’s office prosecuted 4,515 Class B misdemeanor marijuana possession cases. In 2020, the DA prosecuted 16 cases. That’s a 99.6% decrease.
Exonerated a decade after his conviction, Bexar County man can now seek U.S. citizenship
Mikhail Timofeyev conviction vacated after accuser recanted, DA says
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A gavel in a courtroom. (Pexels)
SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales on Wednesday announced that a man convicted in a 2010 family violence case is now exonerated after his accuser recanted.
Mikhail Timofeyev, 45, pleaded guilty to an assault charge after his boyfriend accused him of punching him in April 2009. He served 54 days in county jail. Records show the case against him was dismissed in March after a motion filed by the District Attorney’s Office last year.