I just recall a prosecutor trying to charge him with a certain crime that wasn’t against the law at the time money was transferred all the while RATs were doing the same thing.
You are correct and that charged was dropped/thrown out. The remaining two charges are under the Texas Criminal Code, not the election code. See the following for a timeline of events, etc. Keep in mind it’s from Wiki so it may not be all inclusive or completely accurate.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177753,00.html ... DeLay lawyer Dick DeGuerin argued that one of the charges — conspiracy to violate the Texas election code — did not even take effect until September 2003, a year after the alleged offenses occurred. Priest agreed and dismissed that charge.
Thank you, that’s what I was looking for to substantiate what I remembered. /Salute, and thanks for the Wiki link also.