Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's criminal case to be heard in Collin County, appeals court rules

[TexasTowelie]

by Reese Oxner, Texas Tribune


A panel of three justices ruled Thursday that the trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s felony fraud charges should be in Collin County — where he lives — instead of Harris County, after a yearslong back-and-forth over where his criminal case should be heard.

The lawsuit, now nearly six years old, has been shackled by procedural delays and has not yet gone to trial because of a number of appeals related to where the case should be heard and how much the prosecutors should be paid. The suit has loomed over Paxton for nearly his entire time as attorney general, including during his narrow reelection in 2018. If convicted, Paxton could face up to 99 years in prison.

Prosecutors in the suit claim Paxton persuaded investors to buy stock in a technology firm without disclosing he would be compensated for it. He was a member of the Texas House at the time. Paxton denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated.

A panel of three Democratic justices in the 1st Court of Appeals in Houston on Thursday allowed the case to return to Paxton’s home county on a 2-1 vote because of a technicality, affirming a lower court's decision after nearly seven months of deliberation.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/27/texas-court-ken-paxton/

[joshdawg]

1. Lock him up!

He's so crooked, he cannot walk a straight line.

And then prosecute patrick and abbott for brain-dead stupidity.

[NJCher]

2. Another of the

Republican Attorneys General, a group in which membership proves you don’t know what you’re supposed to do on your job.