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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.
Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period." [ 1 ] In a unanimous ruling, the court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United States have equal protection under ...
During the five-day trial held in Lubbock, Texas, one of the three counts was dropped, leaving two alleged instances of perjury. He was acquitted on one count and found guilty on the second count. [19] Coleman was sentenced to 10 years probation with a $7500 fine. [20] The 7th Court of Appeals of Texas in 2006 upheld the conviction. [21]
Ahead of the indictment's release, Cuellar’s staff were calling other member offices Friday seeking advice on how to handle the situation, one source with knowledge of those calls told NBC News.
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 ...
Life without parole (eligible for commutation by governor provided there is a unanimous recommendation by the Board of Pardons) First Degree Murder if the defendant was under 15 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 25 years) First Degree Murder if the defendant was under 15-17 Life (eligible for parole after no less than 35 years)
Attorney General Ken Paxton, arriving on the Senate floor for his impeachment trial Sept. 5, was acquitted of those charges and last week made a deal in his securities fraud case.
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (April 3, 1927 – April 28, 2017) was a Texas criminal defense attorney. He became a star of the legal world after prevailing in a series of seemingly impossible murder trials in Texas in the 1970s and 1980s. [1] Time magazine named him one of the top defense attorneys in the nation. [1]