Sean Teare left the district attorney's office weeks ago, but the office now says the issue with the case is that the plea deal wasn't appropriate given that there was a death.
Former Harris County prosecutor Sean Teare is being questioned over authorizing a plea deal for a man accused of leaving a deadly accident in 2020.The handling of a case by former Harris County prosecutor Sean Teare has come into question after a man charged in a deadly hit-and-run case was initially given a plea deal.
Abbasi has been under felony indictment for failure to stop and render aid after officials said he hit Dontrae Broussard, who was walking across the road.Teare left the district attorney's office weeks ago, but the office now says the issue with the case is that the plea deal wasn't appropriate given that there was a death.
"Proper protocol was not followed. The district attorney herself, Kim Ogg, has to approve a matter like this, and she would not have approved it. The case is going to go to trial, and the chips fall where they may with the jury," said First Assistant District Attorney Chief of Courts David Mitcham. In response to that, Teare said, "I evaluate the case and make the recommendation and the line prosecutor who's handling it subsequently sits down and explains that to the victim's family."
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