DeLay's Bid to Move Trial from Travis County Rejected
UPDATE: Judge Pat Priest has just denied Tom DeLay's request for a change of venue. The former congressman will be tried in Travis County, though he may still raise the issue again during the process of jury selection. The trial date has tentatively been set for Oct. 26.
Previous post on the court proceedings:
Tom DeLay isn't popular in Travis County, and he knows it. That's why he wants his trial moved to another jurisdiction.
As the former majority leader of the U.S. House sat through the second day of hearings in Travis County criminal court ...
Comments (19)
Kimberly White Erlinger via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Isn't Pat Priest the actress who played Marilyn on The Munsters?
Just sayin'...
Donald Dickson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
LMAO, is that right?
Aaron White via Texas Tribune on Facebook
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Ann_Priest
Kathy Kennemer Genet via Texas Tribune on Facebook
since we got the worst of redistricting, that seems fair.
A Lerma Stickelbault via Texas Tribune on Facebook
kick his ass.
Mac Mcclure via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The case is weak. It would be thrown out of court in any other county. I don't think an impartial jury can be selected in Travis county.
Bob Brown via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It's hammer time. See how he likes being the nail for a while. Mac he broke Texas law no matter how he tries to sleaze out of it and hopefully he will pay.
Mac Mcclure via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bob let the courts decide if he broke the law. That's what the courts are for. When he is found innocent I would expect he receive the same treatment as Bill Clinton when he was found innocent.
Ethylene Clepper Beard via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It was just on the news the other day that all carges had been droped against Delay. From what I knew of the situation it was a witch hunt and a political ploy! I can't believe they are wasting our tax money even longer after all these years. He's been found guilty of NOTHING, and caused to loose several million dollars, destroying the man's life and family. I don't blame good people from NOT running for office if they have to fight these kidns of false charges and pay out of pocket destroying their family finances etc. I understand it was a VERY weak case, if a case at all.
Bill Conley via Texas Tribune on Facebook
An alleged political ploy is what he's going on trial for, Ethylene. Understand that.
Beverly Acrey Kimbrough via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Only the federal charges were dropped against DeLay. He still has to answer to the state charges.
Scott Kilpatrick via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You can't come up with an impartial jury in Travis County... why? Because we have twice the number of college degrees per capita than the Texas average?
Bob Brown via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Mac the courts will decide if the state can prove he broke the law he did break the law in it's intent if not by letter.
Mac Mcclure via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Scott you need to be a little more accurate when you throw out statistics because they can be checked.The Texas average of college degrees per capita is 23.6. Travis county is 40.6 I am sure a degreed person like yourself can do the math. The only county with twice the number is Collin county with 47.3. Let's hope the jury is not as fast and loose with facts as you are.
Beverly Acrey Kimbrough via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Collin county is only one of the two counties in the state where the Asian population is the highest of foreign born residents. Interesting.
Scott Kilpatrick via Texas Tribune on Facebook
You're right -- Collin County has more college degrees per 1000 people than Travis. (I didn't say that Travis has the most.) I apologize if my loose usage of "twice" offended you. As I did not provide a numerical ratio such as 2, 2.0, or 2.00, there is no explicit number of significant figures. If we assume I meant, literally, the numeral 2, then at one significant figure the actual ratio of 40.6/23.6 does indeed round to 2. My loose facts do not lie. What do I know, though? My B.S. was in pure mathematics, not statistics.
Anyway, I was merely trying to understand why you think one cannot establish an impartial jury in Travis County, and you still haven't explained your reasoning for that claim.
Mac Mcclure via Texas Tribune on Facebook
My math is third grade 23.6 plus 23.6 equals 47.2. You can keep the BS out of this.
Mac Mcclure via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Scott, please tell me where I said an impartial jury cannot be seated. I was just correcting your facts.
Scott Kilpatrick via Texas Tribune on Facebook
In your first comment on this thread, you wrote: "I don't think an impartial jury can be selected in Travis county."