Clerical Error Leads To Dismissal Of Child Abuse Case

By Brian Maass
DENVER (CBS4)– A legal secretary with the Denver District Attorney’s Office has been disciplined after making an error that caused a misdemeanor child abuse case to be dismissed.
Teresa McKisson accidentally sent a subpoena in the case to the wrong person, so the witness who was supposed to testify never received their subpoena, didn’t show up to testify and the case had to be dropped.
Teresa McKisson (credit: CBS)
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