Post by pavel on Apr 7, 2016 17:01:31 GMT -6
AUSTIN – The abuse-of-power case against Rick Perry is now officially over, after a judge on Wednesday signed a dismissal of the indictment that the former governor blamed for his failed White House bid.
The action was largely a fait accompli after Texas’ highest criminal court in February cleared Perry of all wrongdoing in the case involving his effort in 2013 to force out the Travis County district attorney. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had then ordered the trial court to dismiss the indictment.
Special prosecutor Michael McCrum of San Antonio could have kept the case alive by amending the indictment. But even though he said he still felt Perry had committed a crime – a point made much to the irritation of Perry’s lawyers – he decided to stand down.
“Ultimately, given the fact that the Court of Criminal Appeals so muddied up the law in that area, there just wasn’t any way to proceed,” McCrum said after the status hearing in Austin on Wednesday.
Read more: trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/abuse-of-power-case-against-rick-perry-officially-dismissed.html/
The action was largely a fait accompli after Texas’ highest criminal court in February cleared Perry of all wrongdoing in the case involving his effort in 2013 to force out the Travis County district attorney. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had then ordered the trial court to dismiss the indictment.
Special prosecutor Michael McCrum of San Antonio could have kept the case alive by amending the indictment. But even though he said he still felt Perry had committed a crime – a point made much to the irritation of Perry’s lawyers – he decided to stand down.
“Ultimately, given the fact that the Court of Criminal Appeals so muddied up the law in that area, there just wasn’t any way to proceed,” McCrum said after the status hearing in Austin on Wednesday.
Read more: trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/abuse-of-power-case-against-rick-perry-officially-dismissed.html/