h the victims. Citing procedural rights under the CVRA, the victims requested that the trial court reject the plea agreement.™ The District Court for the Southern District of Texas specifically concluded that victims’ CVRA rights could apply during the investigation of the crime: “There are clearly rights under the CVRA that app

many other CVRA rights clearly apply before conviction. !!3 Reviewing these two cases in an extended, published opinion, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas noted that reading these two decisions as standing for the proposition that charges must be filed for CVRA rights to attach "appears inconsistent wit