I agree Fitzgerald’s lawyer is barking up the wrong tree when he tries to use the case he defended Toby Wilburn almost ten years ago in a selective prosecution defense. I wonder if he might better be served by using the prosecution that never happened in the Hight – stolen books case.
Judge Rusty Hight fits in the same legal class as anyone who took something that did not belong to him. Is there one person around here being paid by the public that doesn’t know about the theft? District attorney Mike Little? County Attorney Wes Hinch? John Bales? I would be surprised if any of them would claim they didn’t know.
Added to the theft of approximately $100,000 of public property is the possibility of organized crime. I am certainly no attorney, but a recent Liberty County case informs me that Mike Little knows it takes three people to be able to charge people with organized crime. Isn’t it true Richard Baker, Zeb Zbranek, and Rusty Hight all office where the books were delivered? By the way is that the equivalent of receiving stolen goods?
If all three of these men are aware of these very expensive books lodged in their workplace and available for their use as attorneys, shouldn’t they all bear some responsibility to do something? I am unaware that anyone I have mentioned did anything that resulted in the stolen property being returned until after six weeks of their absence in their rightful place. Yet, isn’t it reasonable to assume each one of these men knew enough history about local lawyers, the election, and expensive 'black’s letter law' books to know they were stolen?
Organized crime? Receiving stolen goods? I don’t know if these would be the proper charges, but I do know no average citizen could have done what was done here. It may be that Richard Baker as a former candidate for Supreme Court Justice is too big of a fish to reel in. It may be that Zeb Zbranek as a former State Representative is too big too. And it may be that Rusty Hight as a District Judge (retired) is more than anyone wants to take on in court. But this whole affair leaves us little fish questioning a system that selects who to prosecute.
Now that I have vented I can not help but realize I have the same question I am sure many of your readers have. Who is it that Fitzgerald’s lawyer felt escaped punishment because of selective prosecution. This kind of defense would indicate a whole lot of whistle blowing would be needed to make it make an any sense at all.
This is a no brainier defense for Fitzgerald and Groce, Liberty County DA, Mike Little will suppress, pass the buck, ignore and selectively bury any theft (grand larceny) charges against the actors.
Liberty Dispatch readers will remember how that Liberty County DA, Mike Little and Liberty County Attorney, Wes Hinch joined together and sent a letter to the Texas AG asking for an investigation. The Texas AG and their Solicitor General arm initiated the investigation against Fitzgerald and Groce that ultimately resulted in indictments.
Liberty County DA, Michael Little- Official oppression, maliciously prosecutes political enemies, suppresses evidence, passes the buck, selectively prosecutes and/or buries crimes... Liberty County Attorney, Wes Hinch not far behind. Both an obvious disgrace and source of embarrassment for Liberty County.
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The red hat in the picture covers the bald head?
It would have been nice if Hight would have followed the laws concerning child molester cases in the taxpayers' books when he was in office.
Referring to Richard Baker as a candidate for Supreme Court Justice makesit sound like he did more than get less votes than anyone else on the ballot.
I am not a Hight fan, but these other two boys can be very convincing if they claim ignorance.
Little would never ........
Spell it out! Little would never prosecute political allies. he choose who to go after according to politics. if they are easy to prosecute and make his record look good and they are not political allies or people with connections that could hurt him, he goes for it.
The problem with telling Fitzgerald all of this is that he and Little are as thick as fleas.
I hear Richard baker is hoping to take over Chambers County when Jimmy Silvia and his son etal are arrested. The only way I will vote for Baker in Chambers County is to vote that he wears prisoner orange along with Jimmy Silvia and his family for receiving stolen property in Liberty County.
Fitzgerald is in campaign mode. If he doesn't wake up and deal with this differently, he will have years to regret it.
Personally I like Phil, but I agree he better wake up and realize even though he may not feel he did anything wrong, the courts may determine something very different.
Richard Baker? hahahahahaha This is like a Larry, Curly and Moe kind of deal.
I have no doubt Phil and Little are thick as thieves but Lee Groce don't give a rats about Little and Lee knows where Mike Little's bodies are buried.
What the hell does Mike Little do to earn his six figure salary? He and Hinch have booted the biggest cases that have been put in front of them. If it is true the books were gone for six weeks and Hight would not return them, one of these two men should have filed something. "Pretty please" should not be the approach to theft. Justice is suppose to be blind. Hopefully some attorneys are out their that can see how ripe the next election is for some more change!
I agree Lee is much smarter than Phil and will do whats right for Lee. Phil and Little have dragged Lee into enough $hit.
The little mudslinging pair put out all kinds of rumors about sexual diseases and a few hundred dollars of travel expenses and since then we have really come to hear way more than rumors about them.
Royce Wheeler will soon be liberty county sheriff, Im sure you wont post this
Poor Phil, the generator will get you. Poor L:ittle, the generator will get you. Poor Royce, the gun range will get you. After all, it is the small things that the feds can take you down with.
Hight and Little are both a couple of goog;ed eyed corrupt fools
Can I go by and get those same books for six to eight weeks?
Richard Baker has always been in love with the Democratic Party and himself (not necessarily in that order). So he will get his butt kicked AGAIN if he runs in Chambers County.
Even if Baker tried to run as a Republican, he would be politically swatted like a flying cockroach.
Yeah, Wes Hinch aligning himself with an alleged homosexual sex offender, Liberty County DA, Mike Little. What does that say about Wes Hinch?
Rape a black man and have the county and your DA's office defend you? Plus pay you a six figure income. Nothing but a pervert corrupt conman with a law degree.
Lee and Phil will probably plead temporary insanity. When they saw all that money just laying there for the taking, they went on an insane tear, to get all they could get.
To change the subject for a moment. I see I-dineout and Alan are tearing up Donna Brown about her sons. That is about the same as saying we should blame Roy and Maxine Youngblood for what happened too Alan.
I hear LCSO/CPD fmr detective Kelley's jury is in with some federal convictions... got the news, ray?
As regards Kelly, anything (Judas) Frank Huff is behind stinks.
apparently the Sheriff's "see no evil, hear no evil" testimony wasn't successful.
Yes, the jury came in with a guilty verdict, accerding to IODINE. Allen loves stories like thisespecially if it is a Republican that he can run down. You don't hear him running down Lee or Phil though.
royce wheeler will be sheriff? I seriously doubt that, since he would have to be elected. Wheeler will not be Sheriff, just the little whimpy sticky fingered jerk he has always been....get real!!!
"see no evil" Sheriff?
I hereby charge the sheriff with prudent, proper, and competent supervision. Of course, he's 'innocent until proven guilty'!
Nobody I know at CPD or LCSO could prove it. Neither could Kelley's jury.
Let's see him overcome that little re-election issue.
have you heard of the rat pack. we have the crack pack----ers.
allen, big mike, and eric
liberty county. the peanut butter packer capital of texas.
the following story has a purported reply from the Sheriff:
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cleveland/news/article_83ced4d7-50c7-5800-9e58-95b4eb205f52.html
You'll notice the word 'isolated' appears more than once, therein.
File that under 'oh really'.
I agree with 'see no evil.'
My prediction: The next commissioner's court won't be pretty, because the gun range mgmt and LCSO will have some questions to answer (the trial's unofficial, duhhNesa transcript will provide the fuel.)
"ROYCE WHEELER WILL BE SHERIFF" What a joke I mean jerk. Wheeler admitted on the stand that he traded county property (357 ammo) for some of Kelleys stolen ammo (40 cal. rounds). Sounds like he needs to be investigated. Royce Wheeler wouldnt make a pimple on a sheriffs butt.
What we need is a Sheriff from out of this county like Joe A.in Arizona with no friends are family ties here.
Personally, I like Patterson. I would like him better if he arrested Little.
I think Patterson has done an ok job. He's just an out of the "lime light" guy. Not too good for those that are professional politicians but admirable in someone just trying to do a good job weeding out snakes
Hey Ray,
in yalls next republican circle jerk, tell tommy thanks for making us pay another 100k for a court reporter and beefing up his staff. Again another lie by the repubs.
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