State v. Mendez

The State petitions for a writ of certiora-ri. We grant the petition.

*1116Defendant-respondent Ernesto Mendez was charged with armed burglary and other offenses. The State’s witness list included the crime victims, Jackelin Asusta and Vanessa Martinez, as witnesses in the case. The defense had difficulty serving them with a deposition subpoena, first because they resided in a gated community that did not have a call box,' and subsequently because they moved to a different address.

The case was set for trial for October 23, 2000. The case had received two previous State continuances. The defendant…