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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If you read the indictment, you can't tell what Tom DeLay is charged with doing.
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Generally speaking, Mr. DeLay has put all his confidence in the legal system that these charges will be resolved in a timely fashion.
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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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Without those disclosures or your authority to make inquiry of grand jury members, we cannot go forward on that matter.
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When they finally served Christine, it was time to do something.
We're not through. We're going to the top.
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We're not saying that Judge Perkins is a bad judge or an unfair judge. What we are saying is this is the wrong case for him to judge.
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We are ready now. We don't want to delay the disposition of this case.
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We'd like to get it over with before then, but it's not as crucial as it would have been if he were still in the running for his leadership post.
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He's got what he wanted. There's no reason for this. It was pure retaliation on the part of Ronnie Earle. There he is. Take a good look at him.
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He's basically under the same conditions. I don't think they can do that. I don't think it's lawful. We're not asking for any special treatment for him. We're asking for the same treatment they give other people with the same convictions.
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What you've got to do is look at the judge he (Jefferson) appoints.
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I think the jury is there to be entertained, in part, and to listen to something they can make sense of.