Mark Bennett | October 23, 2009
Given how I feel about lawyers representing defendants with conflicts, I was a bit disturbed to read this piece (Lisa Falkenberg) about Richard “Racehorse” Haynes being accused of conflicted representation in a federal drug case. Richard’s client, Dong Huynh, sentenced to 22 years in prison, alleges that Richard had a conflict of interest because Dong [...]
Category: conflicts of interest, federal criminal defense, Racehorse Haynes |
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Mark Bennett | March 12, 2009
I’ll be cohosting Reasonable Doubt tonight with Houston criminal-defense lawyer T.B. “Todd” Dupont. Our guest will be top Houston criminal lawyer Vivian King. We’ll be streaming from 8pm CDT on HMSTV.org. Tune in and call in. Next week’s guest will be Richard “Racehorse” Haynes (Thursday, March 19, 2009). The following week (March 26) First Assistant [...]
Category: HCCLA, Racehorse Haynes, Reasonable Doubt |
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Mark Bennett | June 2, 2008
Richard “Racehorse” Haynes is, as we say in Texas, one tough sumbitch. He tried 11 jury trials last year (did you? I sure didn’t), and he’s in trial again now — at age 82. A reader writes: I thought that your readers might like to know that opening statements start tomorrow at 9 am in [...]
Category: cross-examination, jury trial, Racehorse Haynes |
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