Twin Peaks biker pushes for day in court, gets November trial setting
A Georgetown biker, who was frustrated after his trial date was passed over last month in favor of another Twin Peaks defendant, got a new trial date Friday, but it’s four months later than he wanted.
Judge Ralph Strother of Waco’s 19th State District Court denied a request Friday from Millie Thompson, an attorney for Thomas Paul Landers, to reinstate his trial date in July and instead set it for Nov. 2.
Landers, 60, a founding member of the Escondido motorcycle group and an active motorcyclists’ rights advocate, is among 155 bikers indicted on first-degree felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity, with underlying offenses of murder and assault.
Landers had been set for trial in July. However, at a hearing last month, prosecutors made it clear they want Jacob Carrizal, of Dallas, a member of the Bandidos group, to be the first of the Twin Peaks bikers to go to trial. Strother went along with them, setting a Sept. 11 trial date for Carrizal.
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