Posted on 03/31/2005 1:09:44 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
A judge on Wednesday dismissed DWI and unlawful carrying a weapon charges against Cameron County Commissioners Court Counsel Doug Wright, according to the county district attorney’s office.
According to court records, South Padre Island police arrested Wright in the early morning hours of Nov. 20 after he hit a street sign at the foot of the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway.
Wright was charged with driving while intoxicated, duty upon striking a fixed object and unlawful carrying a weapon after police found a handgun inside his vehicle.
Wright pleaded no contest to all three charges before County Court 3 Judge Dan Robles on Wednesday. But Robles dismissed the DWI and unlawful carrying a weapon charges, said District Attorney Armando Villalobos, adding his office will appeal the decision.
Villalobos said Wright’s no contest plea to all three charges is the legal equivalent to a guilty plea.
“Our office was extremely surprised by the outcome of the offense,” Villalobos said. “We will be appealing.
“We respect Judge Robles and any decision he makes, but disagree that he would find a person not guilty after he pleaded guilty.”
Robles gave Wright six months of deferred adjudication for the duty upon striking a fixed object charge. If Wright successfully completes the deferred adjudication, the conviction would not appear on his record.
Robles is the same judge who dismissed a DWI charge against state District Judge Rudy Delgado in February.
Villalobos said Wright’s Wednesday appearance in court caught his office by surprise.
“We don’t know how this got on the docket,” he said.
Villalobos said the appeal could take months to appear in court.
Neither Robles nor Wright could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.
schapa@brownsvilleherald.com
Texas politics... LOL
Rat Judge Ping!
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Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born.
Straight'nin' the curve,
Flat'nin' the hills.
Someday the moutain might get 'em, but the law never will
Unfortunately, it's gone from being isolated incidents to standard operating procedure for the Bast@rds in Black!
If you live here, you know you go to a whorehouse to get justice and you go to court to get...hmmmmh, well, you know.
ol' hoghead
Professional courtesy - one shark doesn't eat another shark. Perhaps Joe Six Pack can cte the case in his "trial"?
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