Woman accused of threatening Judge Jason Cashon gets an attorney; trial date set.
A woman who requested to represent herself in an upcoming criminal matter has new legal representation.
Attorney Andrew Ottoway was appointed to represent Saundra Marcoot, charged with the third-degree felony offense of obstruction or retaliation of a public official.
If convicted she faces two to 10 years in prison.
Judge Donald Jones is presiding over the case and first allowed, then denied Marcoot’s request to act as her own attorney after it became clear she was incapable of doing so.
On Tuesday, Marcoot was back in court, this time alongside Ottoway.
The case is now set for trial Oct. 7.
WEEKS OF DELAYS
According to the arrest affidavit, this all began because Marcoot was upset over a custody dispute presided over by Judge Cashon.
She was arrested in November 2023 after allegedly leaving an angry message on the district court’s phone system saying, “watch me come through the back door because enough is enough.”
Following the incident, Stephenville police placed a close patrol on the courthouse annex.
The affidavit also states that in January 2023 Marcoot was served with two criminal trespass warnings after allegedly threatening to blow up a building on Graham Street in Stephenville and threatening bodily harm to one of its employees.
In October 2023, she allegedly called the Stephenville Police Department and threatened to go to the home of Chief Dan Harris unless she was allowed to speak with him.
Marcoot’s case was first postponed when she fired her attorney so she could represent herself.
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