Court Asks for Response to DeLay Motion
Tom DeLay’s defense team is turning up the heat on sleazy Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle. Here’s the details of that story:
The state’s highest criminal court has asked prosecutors to respond to former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s request that the charges against him be dismissed. The all-Republican appeals court on Tuesday gave prosecutors a week to submit arguments regarding the request filed Friday by DeLay attorney Dick DeGuerin. The court will decide whether to take the case after the prosecutors’ response is received.
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In his motion, DeGuerin argues the indictments against his client are factually baseless. A spokesman for Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
As I’ve said before, I’m not a lawyer but it sounds like the court is trying to ascertain whether Earle is just stringing the case out so Tom DeLay can’t regain his Majority Leader position or if he’s actually got some evidence to support the charges.
If the court finds that this is just a stalling tactic, they might well dismiss Earle’s actions as political in nature instead of them being the actions of a serious prosecutor attempting to convict a criminal.
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRing