DeLay Fights Delay
By Jim Lynch on Jan 4, 2006 in House
Partisan hack Prosecutor Ronnie Earle isn’t happy with the legal tactics used by Rep. Tom Delay.
Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle said in court documents that the Republican is “attempting to leapfrog” over the usual court procedures by asking the state’s highest criminal court to dismiss all charges against him or to order a trial right away.
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He has been pressing the state’s highest criminal court to address the charges quickly because he wants to regain his post before his colleagues call for new leadership elections later this month.
The case has been on hold while prosecutors appeal a judge’s dismissal of some of the charges.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has not decided whether to take the case but last week asked prosecutors to file briefs making their arguments.
The lawyers were given a week to file their arguments just about a week ago. This should certainly help get 2006 off to an interesting start.
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