Court refuses to reinstate DeLay's conspiracy charge

[kpete]

Court refuses to reinstate DeLay's conspiracy charge
From the Associated Press
June 28, 2007


AUSTIN, TEXAS — The criminal case against Tom DeLay now hinges on two money-laundering charges after Texas' highest criminal court refused Wednesday to bring back a conspiracy charge.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 5 to 4 against reinstating a count of conspiracy to violate the election code.

The former House majority leader resigned last year amid allegations that he violated campaign finance laws to funnel $190,000 in corporate contributions to Republicans in the state's 2002 legislative elections.

A state district judge threw out the conspiracy charge in December 2005 after lawyers argued that the law DeLay was accused of violating didn't take effect until 2003. A regional appeals court upheld that decision.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-delay28jun28,0,5613421.story?track=mostviewed-storylevel

[Solo_in_MD]

1. This is adding much fuel to the the fire that Delay was Nifonged

[Nikki Stone1]

2. Is that a verb now?

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[Solo_in_MD]

3. Pretty much, I'm seeing it used more and more as one

There have been complaints from the get go that the Texas AG involved was over reaching.