mjflores78
Junior Member
I am in Texas.
My husband is the defendant in a criminal case. His trial was supposed to begin this past Monday. His attorney's sister in law passed away literally hours before trial was due to begin. The trial never got started instead the Judge declared a mistrial and now a new trial date has been set for 3 months from now. I am just wondering is the death of an attorney's family member grounds for a mistrial? Would they have needed to do that anyways, couldn't it have just been reset?
My husband is the defendant in a criminal case. His trial was supposed to begin this past Monday. His attorney's sister in law passed away literally hours before trial was due to begin. The trial never got started instead the Judge declared a mistrial and now a new trial date has been set for 3 months from now. I am just wondering is the death of an attorney's family member grounds for a mistrial? Would they have needed to do that anyways, couldn't it have just been reset?