El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales is expected to appear in court next week for the Walmart shooting case and for the case to remove her from office.
Case to remove Yvonne Rosales from office
El Paso County Attorney JoAnne Bernal requested Rosales appear for a hearing at 1 p.m. on Monday in the removal case.
Rosales' lawyers Patrick Wilson, David Chavez and Luis Yanez are expected to withdraw from the case.
The lawyers initially filed a filed a motion requesting to withdraw on Nov. 18.
According to a motion, Rosales and the attorneys developed a conflict between them that cannot be resolved.
The motion also states that the relationship between Rosales and the attorneys has reduced the ability of the counsel to provide adequate representation and represent Rosales in the case.
Mondays hearing will be held before 346th District Court Judge Patricia C. Baca.
Efforts to remove Rosales from office began with a petition filed in August by attorney Omar Carmona.
Bernal accepted the case to remove Rosales on Nov. 1.
Walmart shooting case gag order hearing
Judge Sam Medrano Jr. of the 409th District Court requested Rosales and former El Paso Assistant District Attorney Curtis Cox appear for a status hearing in the Walmart shooting case on Wednesday.
The hearing is to determine if anyone violated a gag order set by Judge Medrano on July 1.
Rosales filed an emergency motion on Nov. 18 in an attempt to stop Wednesday's hearing from happening however, it is still set to take place.
The gag order was initially set after Rosales released a statement and spoke to the media about the case.
Rosales' statement indicated she was working to schedule the trial against Crusius for the summer of 2023 and was seeking the death penalty.
Since July 1, Rosales and others in her office, including her legal advisor Roger Rodriguez and Cox, have been under criticism for allegedly mishandling the high-profile case.
Rosales and Rodriguez were accused of allegedly impersonating the family members of one of the shooting victims via an email sent to local media outlets, according to the Ad Litem report written by Attorney Justin Underwood.
Rosales responded and claimed the report written by Underwood was false.
Rosales also claimed the gag order was never set properly to begin with, therefore a hearing to discuss the violation of a gag order would not be necessary.
The defense team for the suspected Walmart shooter, Patrick Crusius, filed their response briefly after.
The defense team stated Rosales is the one who began with the issue of the gag order in the first place, they then got involved in both sides of it and they do not understand how Rosales is claiming the gag order is invalid, five months after it was set by Judge Medrano.
Rosales and Cox were not present at the last hearing in the case on Nov. 17. Instead, Charles Kyle Vance, an attorney from Houston, addressed the court Tuesday on behalf of the prosecution.
Rosales was also not present during an Oct. 11 status hearing and was accused of absconding by the defense team for the alleged Walmart shooter.
The defense team made the accusation after 15 subpoenas went unanswered by Rosales.
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