In bid for recusal, Twin Peaks bikers argue judge favored prosecutors
WACO -- A retired judge assigned to determine if 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother should be recused from hearing three Twin Peaks cases said attorneys for the bikers gave him a lot to think about during a daylong hearing Wednesday.
Judge James Morgan of Bosque County, who continually urged attorneys for bikers Thomas Paul Landers, George Bergman and Rolando Reyes to keep the hearing moving, said he had intended to rule on the motion at the conclusion of the hearing. Instead, he invited attorneys to submit written briefs and arguments to him by Aug. 25, which he will consider before making his ruling.
Aug. 25 is the day Strother has summoned 600 potential jurors to come to court to fill out questionnaires to aid in jury selection in the case of the first biker to stand trial, Jacob Christopher Carrizal, president of the Dallas Bandido chapter.
Carrizal’s trial is set to start Sept. 11.
Earlier Wednesday, it appeared Morgan was ready to overrule the bikers’ motion, telling an attorney at one point, “I think you are hitting this horse until he is past dead.”
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