THANKS TO A LEGAL SNAFOO... WELL- KNOWN ALBUQUERQUE DEVELOPER JASON DASKALOS IS OFF THE HOOK... AT LEAST FOR NOW. DASKALOS WAS IN COURT TODAY FOR ALLEGATIONS OF A PAROLE VIOLATION... INVOLVING HIS 39TH CITATION. KAYLA ANDERSON IS LIVE AT METRO COURT TO EXPLAIN. MARLA, TODAY THE
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E DEFENSE, THE STATE AND EVEN THE JUDGE WENT BACK AND FORTH... PASSING THE BUCK ON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CASE. IF YOU'LL RECALL ... BACK IN JUNE DASKALOS GOT HIS 39TH CITATION. METRO COURT JUDGE SANDRA CLINTON HAD ALREADY WARNED DASKALOS MONTHS EARLIER... THAT IF HE GOT ANOTHER TICKET... HE COULD FACE JAIL TIME. SO TODAY JUDGE CLINTON HELD A MOTIONS HEARING FOR THAT JUNE TICKET. THE PROBLEM THOUGH, ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE, IS THAT THE TICKET HAS THE WRONG DATE ON IT. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFENSE ARGUES THE CHARGES ARE BASELESS ... AND THAT DASKALOS HAS BEEN HOUNDED BY BOTH THE MEDIA AND BY POLICE. LIKE IN ANY CASE ... TODAY THE JUDGE TURNED TO THE PROSECUTION TO DECIDE IF THE STATE WILL PURSUE THE CHARGES. THE PROBLEM IS... DASKALOS HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY FOR THE JUNE TRAFFIC INCIDENT. SO THE STATE SAYS ... THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS NO POSITION. THAT MEANS THIS CASE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER AT THIS POINT. WE CAUGHT UP WITH DASKALOS AFTER COURT ... HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. When they follow me around and give me citations for swerving when he was following for over a mile, it's ridiculous. Standing out in front of my home, waiting for me to leave to go to work. You make the decision. JUDGE CLINTON SAYS SHE'LL SEE THE STATE AND THE DEFENSE BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER FOR THIS CASE. SHE SAYS BY THEN THE DA'S OFFICE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE IF THEY'LL PURSUE THE CHARGES. REPORTING LIVE FROM METRO COURT, KAYLA ANDERSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 MID-DAY.
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