Texas Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Delay Conspiracy Charges

[AtomicKitten]

Texas appeals court upholds dismissal of DeLay charge

excerpt:

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's decision to throw out a conspiracy charge against former U.S. House of Representatives Republican leader Tom DeLay.

The Texas Third Court of Appeals said a lower court was correct when it quashed an indictment charging DeLay with conspiracy to violate state election law by allegedly funneling corporate money to Republican candidates for the state Legislature in 2002.

The court said the statute making conspiracy to violate election law a crime was not enacted until a year after DeLay is alleged to have participated in the effort to fund Republican candidates with corporate money.

DeLay still faces trial on money-laundering and conspiracy to launder money charges.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060419/pl_nm/court_delay_dc_1

[orleans]

1. damn! but if the law wasn't enacted until the following year...

whatcha gonna do?

[AtomicKitten]

2. make him squeal like a pig with the other charges. n/t