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Waco Trib by Tommy Witherspoon 9/14/2017

A Hewitt man indicted in the Twin Peaks shootout alleges his confidential relationship with his attorney was violated two years ago when their phone conversation was recorded at the McLennan County Jail.

Dallas attorney Clint Broden, who represents Matthew Alan Clendennen, 32, has filed a motion asking that the indictment against his client be dismissed or that the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office be disqualified from prosecuting the case for the alleged violation of attorney-client privilege.

“In my 30 years of practicing law, it is one of the most egregious violations of the attorney-client privilege that I have ever seen,” Broden said. “The district attorney’s office should be ashamed of themselves.”

McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna did not return phone messages Thursday.

Judge Matt Johnson of Waco’s 54th State District Court has scheduled a pretrial hearing in Clendennen’s case for Friday morning. Clendennen, a former member of the Scimitars group, is set for trial Oct. 9, but that trial date could be changed because of the recent postponement of the Twin Peaks case involving Jacob Carrizal.

Reyna has indicated he wants to try Carrizal first and said Wednesday after Carrizal’s trial was postponed that the state’s preparation time thus far as gone toward Carrizal’s case.

“We are ready to go and expecting to go and demanding to go on Oct. 9, and we were promised we were going to go,” Broden said. “We were absolutely told they are bringing in a jury panel on the (Sept.) 29th on this case.”

Broden said he discovered Clendennen’s call to him from the county jail was recorded because a copy of the recording was turned over to him by the DA’s office along with a massive amount of other materials from the Twin Peaks investigations.

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