Earlier this year, the Bexar County courts were approved to have two additional judges help with the backlog in domestic violence cases. That backlog has been cut by about 60% in less than two months.

SAN ANTONIO – The number of court cases awaiting trial continues to grow at an alarming rate, and Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales is wrestling with ways to resolve the cases. It has been almost a year since a moratorium on jury service was ordered due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. RELATED: Sheriff making changes at the Bexar County jail to address court case backlogAbsent jury trials, Gonzales has pre-trial diversions and plea bargains among his options for resolving cases. Ad“It takes all parties,” Gonzales said. “It takes the willingness of defense attorneys, the willingness of the accused and the willingness of courts to work with us.”Another issue Gonzales said he must deal with is contacting victims.

SAN ANTONIO The number of criminal felony cases backlogged in Bexar County has swelled to 8,975 this week, according to Local Administrative Judge Ron Rangel. When a moratorium on jury service was ordered on March 13, jury trials in all 10 Bexar County criminal district courts were halted. One of the most significant considerations, obviously, would be the COVID pandemic.The Civil Court system is preparing to conduct a virtual jury trial next week. His priority, however, is to get in-person jury trials started. When we get started, probably post-pandemic, with jury trials, were gonna be trying cases at a very fast clip, he said.