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Legendary Houston attorney Richard "Racehorse" Haynes has died
Houston Chronicle ^
| 4-28-2017
| Margaret Kadifa
Posted on 04/28/2017 8:00:17 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound
Oh crap!! Who is Racehorse Haynes?
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:02:35 AM PDT
by
tatown
To: Snickering Hound
The last horse I bet on was so good, it took 9 other horses to beat him.
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:03:05 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: tatown
Lawyer for Morganna the Kissing Bandit once upon a time.
To: tatown
To: tatown
Oh crap!! Who is Racehorse Haynes?Back in the 1970s and 80s, he was one of the best criminal defense trial lawyers in the country.
To: Snickering Hound
To: Snickering Hound
Haynes represented Cullen Davis, the first billionaire indicted for murder in the U.S. He was the inspiration for "The Devil's Advocate" character Alexander Cullen, played by Craig T. Nelson.
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:23:57 AM PDT
by
montag813
To: tatown
Say you sue me because you say my dog bit you.
Well now this is my defense:
My dog doesn’t bite.
And second, in the alternative, my dog was tied up that night.
And third, I don’t believe you really got bit.
And fourth, I don’t have a dog.
—Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, Houston, Texas (1927- )
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:27:34 AM PDT
by
t4texas
(Remember the Alamo)
To: Lurking Libertarian
I think Jerry Spence is still alive. I don’t think he ever lost a case.
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:33:34 AM PDT
by
laplata
(Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
To: tatown
Oh crap!! Who is Racehorse Haynes?
In the 60s and 70s in Texas, he was the criminal defender you wanted to represent you if you couldn't get Percy Foreman. Most of Haynes' high-profile cases (Dr. John Hill, T. Cullen Davis) ended up as the subject of books and movies.
He once illustrated his method of defense (pleading in the alternative) for a dog bite case:
Say you sue me because you say my dog bit you. Well, now this is my defense:
My dog doesn't bite.
And second, in the alternative, my dog was tied up that night.
And third, I don't believe you really got bit.
And fourth, I don't have a dog.
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:41:00 AM PDT
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: Snickering Hound
Quote:
“...with cases including the State of Texas v. John Hill...”
That was the most fascinating murder and murder trial I have
ever read about. It made the OJ Simpson trial look like a
trial for a minor traffic ticket.
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:51:00 AM PDT
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Verbosus
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To: Snickering Hound
I remember watching him in action in the courtroom in Kerrville, during the Ellebracht Slave Ranch trial in 1986. There wasn’t any way they were going to be found innocent, but he dang sure got them the lightest sentence you could imagine.
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posted on
04/28/2017 8:55:40 AM PDT
by
tarawa
To: Verbosus
To: Snickering Hound
Stewball was a Racehorse Haynes Johnson.
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posted on
04/28/2017 9:05:19 AM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: Snickering Hound
To: Snickering Hound
If I die at 90, they’ll have to say “after suffering declining health for 40 years.”
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posted on
04/28/2017 9:41:30 AM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
To: Snickering Hound
Racehorse was one of the greats.
And you sleep better at night because there are lawyers like Racehorse.
To: Snickering Hound
My dad was on the defense team for Davis. What memories...
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posted on
04/28/2017 9:57:29 AM PDT
by
RebelTXRose
(Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
To: Timpanagos1
Best ever at his craft. Could not decide if I was infuriated or in awe of the outcomes of his cases. Certainly a showman bigger than life.
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