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In an ongoing case against a Waco attorney, stemming from an alleged 2020 plot to kill another Waco attorney, a McLennan County grand jury issued superseding indictments Thursday.

A visiting judge this week accepted a new defense attorney in the case of Waco attorney Seth Sutton, who is set for retrial in February on charges stemming from an

Former District Attorney Barry Johnson on Tuesday criticized Judge Thomas West of Waco’s 19th State District Court as not having “the right temperament” for the job and promised if elected

Waco attorney Seth Sutton is scheduled to return to court as a defendant in February for a retrial in the murder-for-hire case against him.

A McLennan County judge declared a mistrial in Seth Sutton's murder-for-hire case on Aug. 18.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office is continuing to pursue the prosecution of Waco attorney Seth Sutton in a murder-for-hire case that resulted in a hung jury and mistrial Aug. 15.

A judge declared a mistrial Friday night in the murder-for-hire case against Waco attorney Seth Sutton, with the jury remaining deadlocked after 12 hours of deliberation.

Once the state rested its case in the trial of Seth Sutton on Aug. 17, the defense took less than five minutes to rest theirs.

In the murder-for-hire trial of a Waco attorney, the defense rested Thursday after saying no one warned the target of the alleged 2020 plot that he was in danger.

Seth Sutton was indicted in 2020 along with another Waco attorney, Chelsea Tijerina. They were accused of plotting to kill Marcus Beaudin, Tijerina's ex-husband.