[tatown]

Oh crap!! Who is Racehorse Haynes?

[Snickering Hound]

Lawyer for Morganna the Kissing Bandit once upon a time.

[Snickering Hound]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Cullen_Davis

And the billionaire T. Cullen Davis murder trial.

[Lurking Libertarian]

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.

[t4texas]

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- )

[Milton Miteybad]

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.