New evidence is causing a backlog in the case of an Annaville bar owner accused of grooming minors to take part in a possible sex trafficking ring.
On Thursday morning, Amanda Talbert appeared in the 347th District Court for a plea deadline hearing.
That hearing was derailed after Talbert’s defense attorney, Mark Gonzalez, told Judge Missy Medary that he hadn’t received all of the evidence from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, which is prosecuting the case.
Gonzalez said he may file a continuance in the case. Medary asked Helen Tschurr, a prosecutor with the Texas Attorney General’s Office out of Austin who joined the hearing via phone, for an update.
“As defense counsel said, we are still receiving discovery ourselves. The investigation is still ongoing. At this point, we’re turning over discovery as we get it to the defense. So, the defense is correct. They do not have everything at this point. It is still in the process,” Tschurr said.
Judge Medary pushed the plea deadline to Oct. 17 which is the day of her next docket call. Judge Medary said if there was still evidence that was coming in at that time, she would address what would happen next in this case.