Posted on 10/20/2005 11:20:55 AM PDT by rocklobster11
Why? Because that's what he did when Ronnie Earle went after Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Judge Bob Perkins would have heard the case, but he removed himself because he had donated $300 to her Democratic opponent, the Houston Chronicle reports today.
The Chronicle also reports that Perkins, the judge who issued the arrest warrant for DeLay, donated $100 in 2002 to the Texas Partnership PAC run by a leading Texas Democrat. This is before he gave money to John Kerry and MoveOn.org in 2004.
Perkins should have recused himself in the cases of DeLay co-defendants John Colyandro and Jim Ellis, but as the Chronicle reports, he did not: "Perkins already has ruled against Colyandro and Ellis on motions to dismiss the case because the election law is vague and a contention that money laundering does not apply in this case. Those rulings are on appeal."
The case centers around the actions of DeLay's Texans for a Republican Majority PAC (TRMPAC) during the state elections of 2002. The fact that the judge donated to the Texas Partnership PAC, whose goals were in opposition to TRMPAC's, and did not recuse himself already is outrageous.
(Excerpt) Read more at media.nationalreview.com ...
Anyone in Travis County want to start a campaign to get the Judge to recuse himself?
MSM silence.
Next, motion for change of venue out of that county!
Definitely a recusal is in order to avoid conflict of interest.
Can an appeal be made on conviction because a judge did not recuse himself?
Yes
Maybe the judge doesn't believe there's any way it'll go to trial anyway.
Maybe.... I think if you're DeLay's team... you petition the judge to remove himself. So that it's in the court record. And that's one of your first reasons for appeal.
Contributor
Occupation
Date
Amount
Recipient
PERKINS, BOB
AUSTIN,TX 78704STATE OF TEXAS/JUDGE
7/29/2004
$475
Kerry, John
PERKINS, BOB
AUSTIN,TX 78704STATE OF TEXAS/JUDGE
10/14/2004
$200
DNC Services Corp
PERKINS, BOB
AUSTIN,TX 78704STATE OF TX/JUDGE
10/13/2004
$200
DNC Services Corp
PERKINS, ROBERT
AUSTIN,TX 78704STATE OF TEXAS/JUDGE
9/11/2004
$200
PERKINS, ROBERT A MR
AUSTIN,TX 78704STATE OF TEXAS/JUDGE
7/24/2004
$500
Kerry, John
PERKINS, ROBERT A MR
AUSTIN,TX 78704STATE OF TEXAS/JUDGE
7/14/2004
$200
Kerry, John
He gave money on 9-11 to moveon.org.
Better yet...lets just turn the judge into the appeals court for violating not only the canons of ethics.....but STATE LAW>>>
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/cr.toc.htm
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 30. DISQUALIFICATION OF THE JUDGE
Art. 30.01. [552] [617] [606] Causes which disqualify
No judge or justice of the peace shall sit in any case where he may
be the party injured, or where he has been of counsel for the State
or the accused, or where the accused or the party injured may be
connected with him by consanguinity or affinity within the third
degree, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 9, eff. Aug. 26,
1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1,
1995.
Oooooooooooooo...look at what you found! :-)
Wow
GOOD work!
Send it to Tom DeLay.
Having doanted to MoveOn.whackadoo he should remove himself from this planet.
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