The erosion of the criminal corruption case against state Rep. Dawnna Dukes is continuing ahead of an Oct. 30 deadline, as prosecutors acknowledge they will abandon one of the 13 felony counts against the Austin Democrat over an investigator’s error.

The Austin Democrat was indicted in January on charges she falsified travel vouchers to collect a $61.50 per diem 13 different times on days when she did not work at the Capitol.

But in a recent court filing, the Travis County district attorney’s office indicated a crime analyst with the Department of Public Safety examined the wrong date when looking into Dukes’ cell phone activity to determine her whereabouts related to a travel reimbursement voucher she submitted in 2013. The mistake resulted in a felony count that erroneously stated Dukes turned in a falsified voucher for Dec. 22, 2013.

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