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"Bert, we hardly knew ye."

By Tom Lincoln

U.S. Attorney H.S. "Bert" García has been at the helm of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Puerto Rico for some three years now.  Rumor has it that he was brought in from Texas to put the house in order, and that a judicial appointment would be likely at the end.  If you ask defense attorneys, none seem to have ever met him in those three years. For whatever reason, Bert has now decided he wants to try a case. So he makes an appearance in a case that already has a trial date scheduled (and has had some three previous prosecutors), and then moves to have the trial continued because (1) he has already purchased tickets (nonrefundable, he says) to travel to his home in Texas during part of those dates, and (2) he must also attend a meeting with the Attorney General in Phoenix between April 20-23, which means he will be out of Puerto Rico for most of April...continue to full post

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on April 02, 2005 (boomark / email).