Convicted of Bribing Dallas City Council Members, Developer Ruel Hamilton Wants a Retrial
Ruel Hamilton, the developer who was convicted in June on charges he bribed two former Dallas City Council members, wants the charges against him dropped.
In court filings last week, he and his attorney, Abbe David Lowell, argue the court made several mistaken evidentiary rulings that unfairly influenced the outcome of the trial.
Hamilton and Lowell say that certain damning testimony against the developer was inadmissible hearsay that shouldn’t have been admitted. They also say one of the council members who allegedly took the bribes, the late Carolyn Davis, recanted statements against Hamilton before her death and that this should have been stated in the trial, but it wasn’t.
Lowell didn't respond to requests for comment.
Originally indicted in February 2019, Hamilton is accused of paying Davis and former Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway for help on the City Council with his real estate developments.
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