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 think everybody has cooperated with the government, and the evidence showed Tom DeLay did nothing wrong.
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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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I am determined to put on record the steps taken by you and your staff to obtain a replacement indictment against my client, Tom DeLay.
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There's no crime that's been committed. I am confident that, when we get to trial, we'll show that Tom DeLay did nothing wrong.
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Before the first indictment you tried to coerce a guilty plea from Tom DeLay for a misdemeanor, stating the alternative was indictment for a felony which would require his stepping down as Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.
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If you read the indictment, you can't tell what Tom DeLay is charged with doing.
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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 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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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.