Tom DeLay attorney asks Texas judges to overturn conviction

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Tom DeLay attorney asks Texas judges to overturn conviction
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
October 10, 2012, 12:20 p.m.

HOUSTON -- An attorney for former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay attempted to convince a Texas appeals court Wednesday that Delay’s 2010 felony conviction should be overturned, arguing his efforts to influence Texas elections did not break the law.

DeLay, 65, was found guilty in November 2010 of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering and sentenced to three years in prison, although the sentence has been on hold and DeLay free on bond during his appeal.

A prosecutor with the Travis County district attorney’s office told a three-judge panel of the 3rd Court of Appeals during the hourlong hearing in Austin that the former Houston-area congressman illegally used his political action committee to funnel $190,000 in corporate donations to Texas candidates via the Republican National Committee in 2002.

Prosecutors claim the money helped Republicans take control of the Texas House, where they created a state redistricting plan that sent more Republicans to Congress in 2004, strengthening DeLay’s power.





Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tom-delay-texas-conviction-20121010,0,4889750.story

[Panasonic]

1. Request denied.

Sentence to be invoked IMMEDIATELY.

And no time served either because he didn't even serve a damn time.

As a punishment of the delaying tactic, he has to earn 2 days for each day served and that is twice as many.

[freshwest]

4. Wishful thinking or do you have an update? The link doesn't show that result.

[freshwest]

2. But of course. Will the NEW judge Delay wanted let him go scot free? Not like theyve

They've had any luck with restraining the architect of the coup of 2000 with the Brooks Brothers mob so far...

[lonestarnot]

3. So when is he going to do his time? About the same time Mittwitt releases his tax returns?

[cdeca2008]

5. Is it wrong to say...

I hope that Shitbag goes to jail for a long time.

[MessiahRp]

17. No it's not.

Fuck that piece of shit. I hope he's just the first in a VERY, VERY LONG LINE of Bush Era Republicans that end up in prison.

[surrealAmerican]

22. For this, he will only serve three years ...

... that is, when they get around to sending him.

[onehandle]

6. Tom Delay and George W. Bush should be front and center in DNC ads.

Show the invisible men, Democrats.

[davidpdx]

7. I hope the judge denies his case without "delay"

Recycled joke from Will & Grace...

[benld74]

8. Delay's efforts to influence Texas elections did not break the law?

W-H-A-T are they smoking down there!

[hrmjustin]

9. can't wait till his ass goes to jail.

[Dustlawyer]

10. More than any other individual, Tom Delay is responsible for the far right's domination of Texas.

His redistricting watered down the Democratic vote and kept my beloved state politically nuts!

[young_at_heart]

11. I wonder if Tom will get away with his dirty tricks?

His many years of nastiness hasn't had much of an effect on him----as yet!

[OnyxCollie]

12. My first post at DU

was on a thread announcing DeLay's indictment.

And now, here we are.

Cynicism has long been replaced by numbness.

[Turbineguy]

13. If I were the Judge

I might do it.

But there would be a












delay......

[SoapBox]

14. My answer...NO! NEVER! EVER!!

Go crawl in a fucking hole and NEVER ever come back into public view.

Scum.

[Kablooie]

15. He's probably funneling laundered money to the Texas judges now.

[DerelictDeminGA]

16. Oh Heyull No!

[MessiahRp]

18. He should be in prison, RIGHT NOW.

How many people convicted on a lower level are denied bond? Here DeLay has gotten away with this basically for YEARS. It's time to throw the asshole in prison and throw away the key.

[wordpix]

19. but justice is different for those who do the handiwork for their rich puppetmasters

than for us peons.

Some system we have.

[LuckyLib]

20. They can't get DeLay in jail, but how many Texans languish there because

of marijuana convictions? Texas does have its priorities, ya know.

[Ash_F]

21. It's been 10 years. Justice Delayed is justice differed. /nt