Priest to judge DeLay trial, DeLay seeks change of venue

[Bluebear]

AUSTIN - An attorney for U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay said Monday that he will request an early December trial date for the former House majority leader, if the case gets that far.

Attorney Dick DeGuerin said in a letter that "time is of the essence" in the case that has temporarily forced DeLay to step down from his top House post.

Judge Pat Priest has set a Nov. 22 hearing to consider requests to drop the charges against DeLay and his co-defendants. Defense attorneys have asked that the charges be dropped for various reasons, including alleged misconduct by a prosecutor.

"Should the indictments survive the hearings of November 22, we will request a trial date in early December," DeGuerin wrote in his letter to Priest. DeGuerin is also asking that Priest, a visiting judge, move the trial out of left-leaning Travis County to DeLay's home Fort Bend County.

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Hell, let's just have his mother judge the trial. (Priest was appointed after the previous judge was disqualified for being a Democrat.) We'll hold it in Waco to be 'fair'.

Oh, and I wonder if the request for a speedy trial is so Bush can pardon him before his impeachment?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051115/ap_on_go_co/delay_indictments

[Bunny]

1. Any Texas folks here want to comment on the likelihood of

getting the venue changed? How possible is this?

[stepnw1f]

2. This Little Piece of Shit Needs to Be Dragged

by the scruff of his neck and hammered in jail.

[babylonsister]

3. I thought I'd read that they already tried to move the trial

out of Austin to no avail. :shrug: So, because it's DeLay, they keep trying when it's already been ruled on?

[NanceGreggs]

4. For a man who keeps insisting on his own 'innocence' ...

... he sure seems to need all of the cards stacked in his favour!
When will Tom-di-locks find a judge and venue that isn't too hard, isn't too soft -- but is JUST RIGHT?

[tularetom]

5. Boy do I feel dumb

I was going to ask why a priest would be judging Delay's trial. Fortunately I read the post before that happened.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Well, DeLay is acting like a little boy, isn't he?

[BlueJazz]

7. Don't feel bad,...I was wondering the same damn thing!

[A Simple Game]

8. You aren't alone. n/t

[Bluebear]

9. Silly. They would prefer a fundy minister, not a priest

Catholics aren't Christians, doncha know? Ask Jack Chick!

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0071/0071_01.asp