Perry prosecutor urges judge to let case go to trial

Houston Chronicle ^ | November 7, 2014 | Patrick Svitek

[SSS Two]

I've searched and searched for the "series of filings made public Friday evening". I come up with nothing. Travis County is not very transparent. Court documents are available online only to attorneys and law enforcement. Harris, Montgomery, Galveston and many other counties provide online court documents to the general public. Since Travis County doesn't provide this information to the public, it seems to me that the press should do it. If any Freeper comes across the documents, please provide a link so we all may examine the original material.

[goldstategop]

They’re that corrupt.

Their position is the governor has no right to hold them accountable.

And they want to convict him for not letting them run loose as they wish.

Its prosecutorial misconduct and raw abuse of power. No real crime has been committed here.

[anton]

Why wouldn’t he just pardon himself?

[Jim from C-Town]

The judge should find the DA in contempt of the human race and fine him to a lifetime of watching Obama speeches!

[goldstategop]

Abbott could pardon him but I don’t think it will get to trial.

You cannot punish a governor for not wanting to fund the DA’s office. Like that is an automatic entitlement.

If Michael McCrum feels Perry is wrong, he should have run for his job. Taking him out via the back door is an affront to our democracy.

[anton]

Perry is still Gov. I think he could just pardon himself.

[smokingfrog]

Is there any need to wonder why Perry threatened to cut off funding to these slimy political hacks?

[Slyfox]

Let us not forget - this is the reason why Perry is having legal difficulties:

[GeronL]

When does Greg Abbott get sworn in? Soon I hope.

[GeronL]

Jan 20, 2015

oh well

[jonrick46]

So, the prosecutor says that dismissing the case “would amount to making an exception for the governor.” Of course, the legitimacy of the case should be judged on its merits. The prosecutor is drawing the judge away from the facts of the case and onto the straw man argument of appearances. Nice try bucko!

[Vendome]

Or tbe Republic....

[Stanwood_Dave]

"Court documents are available online only to attorneys and law enforcement."

You had the same problem dating back when the county law libraries were only available to lawyers.

It'll take a lawsuit to stop this denial of equal access, if the court documents are available via a public court of competent jurisdiction (excluding juvenile records) then they are public records accessible to one and all, not JUST-US, and the hell with Joe Six-Pack.

[a fool in paradise]

And they will probably delay the prosecution as long as they did to keep Tom DeLay from clearing his name as well.

Stalinist tactics on display in government offices. The highest form of an abuse of power.

Why are they shielding this vile drunken witch?

[JRandomFreeper]

The Texas Governor can't pardon ANYONE without permission of a Pardons Board.

It's a leftover from ReConstruction.

Texas is different in this.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Texas Governor can't pardon anyone without permission from a Pardons Board. It's a leftover from reconstruction.

/johnny

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Why wouldn’t he just pardon himself?”

Won’t look good for 2016, which is what this is all about. The left is trying to take out the right so we wind up with a a RINO candidate.

[deport]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/images/08/15/rick-perry-indictment.pdf

The above is the Grand Jury Indictment Counts I & II.
I find nothing else at this time.

[PAR35]

/Jonny is right - the Texas governor can’t initiate a pardon. He can only act on a majority recommendation from the board of pardons and parole. And they are very unlikely to act pre-conviction.

[SSS Two]

I was looking for the McCrum documents reported to have been made public yesterday. Here are some other items for your reading enjoyment:

Writ of Habeus Corpus - August 25, 2014

First Motion to Quash and Dismiss - September 8, 2014