Ex-Officer Charles Kleinert won’t face manslaughter charge

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the manslaughter case against former Austin Police Department detective Charles Kleinert remains dismissed.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard the case in September of last year and made a determination Thursday. In its ruling, the appeals court agreed with U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel’s decision to dismiss the Travis County indictment because he was acting as a federal offi