On Thursday, in a Tarrant County Courtroom, a hearing took place to determine if in fact a new judge would be assigned to the Aaron Dean trial.
The hearing came on the day jury selection was to begin for Dean’s murder trial, but delays have pushed that to an unknown future date.
There have been multiple delays in this trial already. For example, a venue change was requested, but later denied, and recently Dean’s defense team asked for a delay based on a health concern and a vacation conflict.
Additionally, the defense has claimed the judge has grown increasingly hostile toward them. At a hearing earlier this month, an uninvolved, longtime criminal defense attorney even commented on the judge’s behavior toward the defense.
“I was shocked. It was stunning,” he said. “The judge [was] acting like a bully.”
A separate judge was overseeing Thursday’s hearing and will decide whether a new judge needs to be assigned to the case.
As of 2:30 p.m. Thursday, the hearing was ongoing.
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