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  2. Rick Perry veto controversy - Wikipedia

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    On August 15, 2014, Texas Governor Rick Perry was indicted by a Travis County grand jury, but has since been cleared on all charges. [1] [2] [3] The first charge of the indictment was abuse of official capacity, a first-degree felony, for threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for the Public Integrity Unit, a state public corruption prosecutors department.

  3. Ector County Felony Dispositions & Indictments: August 2, 2024

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    Guilty plea. Five years Texas Department of Corrections. Christopher Bright. Possession of a substance. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... USA TODAY Sports.

  4. Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Wikipedia

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    One such plea essentially claims double jeopardy while another plea places the punishment if found guilty into the hands of the jury rather than the magistrate. A plea of "nolo contendere" is, according to Texas, essentially a "guilty" plea, except the plea cannot be used in a civil case that may follow a criminal one to prove guilt.

  5. Grand juries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It requires grand juries to be composed of 16 to 23 members and that 12 members must concur in an indictment. [15] [16] A grand jury is instructed to return an indictment if the probable cause standard has been met. The grand jury's decision is either a "true bill" (formerly billa vera, resulting in an indictment), or "no true bill".

  6. Two Texas jail guards are indicted by a county grand jury in ...

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    Two county jail guards have been indicted on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate in Texas. The indictments, dated Tuesday, charge Joel Garcia, 48, and Rafael Moreno Jr., 37, in ...

  7. Long before Ken Paxton, Texas had a mixed history of ... - AOL

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    One Texas attorney general served four years in federal prison for misusing his office. Another facing jail time fought back and won. Long before Ken Paxton, Texas had a mixed history of attorneys ...

  8. Vic Feazell - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Rangers were unhappy with Feazell's defiance and casting doubt on them. The Texas Department of Public Safety began an investigation of Feazell which several sources have tied to retaliation against Feazell; Feazell was arrested, and his office and home searched by agents. [6] Feazell's arrest came seven weeks before election day.

  9. Grand jury indictment means Texas could seek death penalty ...

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    Prosecutors could seek the death penalty against a Mexican national charged with fatally shooting five people in a Texas home, after a grand jury indicted him for capital murder, the district ...