January 28, 2015      12:39 PM
Perry legal teams says there is still hope for a swift resolution to his felony case
Botsford says Third Court of Appeals could deal with their appeal within a couple months
Former
Gov. Perry’s legal team on Wednesday
said despite a Republican judge’s refusal to dismiss felony charges against
their client, hope remains that the case could be resolved in fairly short
order. That assessment, however, differs from the analysis of many in the legal
community who say the last real hope Perry’s team had of quickly resolving his
abuse of power case faded dramatically on Tuesday.
That’s
when Judge Bert Richardson said the
case could proceed after he denied defense attorneys’ requests to dismiss the
two-count felony indictment.
Richardson’s
order is here.
During
a morning news conference at the Omni Hotel in downtown Austin,
attorney David Botsford said the appeal
they’re filing with the Third Court of Appeals will be, in
his opinion, dealt with in a “minimum period of time.” When asked by Quorum
Report what that meant exactly, Botsford said he believed it could be
as quick as a month to two months before a decision is made.
By Scott Braddock
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