![]() At that hearing, Aguilera's counsel asserted that she had listened to approximately five hours of the recorded jail calls, and she was only half-way through the first of four compact discs containing the calls. On March 24, 2016, the case was set for docket call in preparation for trial however, Aguilera's counsel requested a continuance of the trial date. During the course of the case, the State discovered and produced recordings of more than 1,000 telephone calls made by Aguilera while he was incarcerated. Real party in interest Antonio Aguilera was indicted for aggravated assault as a habitual felony offender and assault family violence with a prior conviction. Mark Skurka, the District Attorney for the 105th Judicial District Court of Nueces County, Texas, filed a petition for writ of mandamus contending that the trial court “clearly abused its discretion by ordering the State to disclose prior to trial which specific jail telephone recordings of the defendant it will present as evidence at trial.” 2 We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. Mark Skurka District Attorney for the 105th Judicial District NUMBER 13–16–00221–CR Decided: June 13, 2016īefore Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.
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