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Warrant issued after man fails to appear

A warrant was issued Thursday for 81-year-old Joseph Allen Nezat, a Comfort resident alleged to be on hospice care, after he failed to be appear in court for sentencing on a first-degree felony charge.

A warrant was issued Thursday for 81-year-old Joseph Allen Nezat, a Comfort resident alleged to be on hospice care, after he failed to appear in court for sentencing on a first-degree felony charge.

Nezat pleaded guilty Feb. 11 to the charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, and his sentencing hearing was scheduled more than a month and half before he failed to appear. His defense attorney, Dante Dominguez, said Nezat didn’t have a ride and had recently been taken off dialysis, making it difficult for him to come in. 

Dominguez had filed a motion for a continuance 24 hours before his sentencing was set to take place, which 451st District Court Judge Kirsten Cohoon denied.

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