{"id":472620,"date":"2026-10-21T21:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472620\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T21:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T21:10:07","slug":"judge-weighs-bond-request-for-suspect-in-robstown-teens-murder-as-evidence-testing-delays-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472620\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge weighs bond request for suspect in Robstown teen’s murder as evidence testing delays trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dominic Guzman’s attorney argues he should be granted bond because prosecutors are still waiting for ballistic testing that could take months.<\/p>\n

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A man accused in the shooting death of a 14-year-old Robstown boy is asking a judge to reconsider his bond after attorneys revealed that key evidence in the case may not be tested until next year.<\/p>\n

Dominic Guzman remains in the Nueces County Jail without bond in connection with the killing of Shawn Sanchez.<\/p>\n

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During a court hearing, Guzman’s attorney argued that his client has been waiting in jail while prosecutors work to obtain ballistic testing on guns, bullets and shell casings collected during the investigation.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Bond denied for man charged in fatal Robstown teen shooting after court hearing<\/a><\/p>\n

The defense said the evidence has not yet been sent to the Texas Department of Public Safety for testing, raising concerns about how much longer the case could take to reach trial. “There’s no way they can announce they’re ready when they don’t even have all the evidence,” Guzman’s attorney told the judge.<\/p>\n

The attorney pointed to a Texas law that generally allows certain defendants to seek release on a personal bond or a reduced bond if prosecutors are not ready for trial within 90 days of their detention. Prosecutors explained that the judge signed an order for ballistic testing on Sept. 1, but DPS typically collects evidence only once a month. Once collected, testing and the final report could take another 90 days.<\/p>\n

The entire process could take between 90 and 120 days. Prosecutors argued that Guzman’s situation is different because the judge previously heard evidence about whether he posed a danger to the community and ordered him held without bond.<\/p>\n

“We still believe that given this additional evidence about the danger to the community, that it would be appropriate to hold him without bond,” a prosecutor said. Guzman’s attorney also pointed out that his two co-defendants had been released after posting $750,000 bonds. He argued that Guzman should receive similar consideration, although he acknowledged that Guzman’s family could not afford a bond that high.<\/p>\n

The judge did not immediately rule on the request, saying he wanted additional research into how the state’s newer bail restrictions apply alongside the existing 90-day law. “Because this is a new statute that’s coming into play, I do want y’all to brief it and give me some case law,” the judge said.<\/p>\n

The judge also asked prosecutors to check whether DPS had collected the evidence and whether the testing process could be expedited.<\/p>\n

“Give me about a week or so. I’m going to do my own independent research on this,” the judge said. Guzman previously had a $750,000 bond before a judge ordered him held without bond. Investigators have accused him of driving the getaway vehicle following Sanchez’s fatal shooting. His co-defendants are also charged in connection with the killing.<\/p>\n

For now, Guzman remains in custody as the court considers whether to grant him bond while the case moves toward trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominic Guzman’s attorney argues he should be granted bond because prosecutors are still waiting for ballistic testing that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-472620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}