Appeals court orders gag order lifted in biker’s Twin Peaks shootout case
WACO -- An intermediate appellate court ruled Friday that a judge abused his discretion by imposing a media blackout on parties involved the case of a Hewitt man arrested after the Twin Peaks shootout and ordered him to lift the gag order.
In an opinion written by 10th Court of Appeals Chief Justice Tom Gray, the court granted a petition for writ of mandamus filed by Matthew Alan Clendennen and gave 54th State District Judge Matt Johnson seven days to vacate the gag order he imposed in Clendennen’s case on June 30.
Johnson granted the state’s request for the gag order after Clendennen’s attorney, Clint Broden, of Dallas, gained access to video of the deadly shootout captured by Don Carlos restaurant cameras by issuing a subpoena to Twin Peaks.
The judge ordered Broden not to release the video to the media.
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