Dick DeGuerin
Dick DeGuerin
Dick DeGuerinis a criminal defense attorney based in Houston, Texas, most notable for defending Tom DeLay, David Koresh and Robert Durst. In 1994, DeGuerin was named Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year by the State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Section...
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I thought that this would be resolved quickly, and Congressman DeLay can get back to Washington and resume his post. But obviously, the game here is to keep Congressman DeLay out of his leadership post in the Congress.
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It gives us more time. We don't have the crunch of getting a decision before November.
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I think everybody has cooperated with the government, and the evidence showed Tom DeLay did nothing wrong.
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I said from the first day I saw the indictment that Ronnie Earle was charging a crime that didn't exist. And the 3rd Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with me.
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The only thing left of this case is the money-laundering allegation. Plain and simply, there wasn't any dirty money to begin with. No corporate money ever went to any individual candidates in Texas.
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It ain't over. The Fat Lady hasn't sung.
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We think this was an accident. It would have happened whether the driver was stone cold sober or not. It was just an unavoidable accident. I think that, unfortunately, these young ladies stepped out in front of the car.
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We've been right all along that Ronnie Earle charged a crime that didn't exist and there's 30 years of precedent that backs that up. We want to get to trial and hope once we do, a jury will find Tom Delay didn't do anything illegal.
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The fact that they didn't simply reject it is an extremely good sign for us. And secondly, that they've only given the state one week is also a good sign.
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What we're trying to avoid is Ronnie Earle having him taken down in handcuffs, and fingerprinted and photographed. That's uncalled for, and I don't think that's going to happen.
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Without those disclosures or your authority to make inquiry of grand jury members, we cannot go forward on that matter.
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(Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle) is trying to keep this case hanging around long enough to affect the November elections.
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You know, he's a very talented, skillful surgeon. He won awards for being the top plastic surgeon in Houston several years in a row. I?m hopeful he can get back to his life of helping other people.
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What you've got to do is look at the judge he (Jefferson) appoints.