Richard Haynes
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Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (born April 3, 1927) is a Texas
criminal defense attorney. TIME
magazine once referred to him as one of the top six criminal lawyers in America. A native of Houston
, Texas
, he graduated from the University of Houston Law Center
in 1956. He has been involved in landmark cases such as The State of Texas v. John Hill (a basis for the book Blood and Money), and the notorious T. Cullen Davis
murder
trial
. He also represented Morganna
, a.k.a. "The Kissing Bandit."
At a late 1970's American Bar Association
seminar in New York http://www.excaliburautomobile.com/Image/Circle&Sword/Vol3/page5.htm, Mr. Haynes explained how to plead in the alternative
:
Mr. Haynes currently resides in Houston, Texas
and continues to actively practice law.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
criminal defense attorney. TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
magazine once referred to him as one of the top six criminal lawyers in America. A native of Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, he graduated from the University of Houston Law Center
University of Houston Law Center
The University of Houston Law Center is a law school located in Houston, Texas. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1947, the Law Center is one of 12 academic colleges of the University of Houston...
in 1956. He has been involved in landmark cases such as The State of Texas v. John Hill (a basis for the book Blood and Money), and the notorious T. Cullen Davis
T. Cullen Davis
Thomas Cullen Davis is an American oil heir. He was arrested for, and later acquitted of, the murders of his stepdaughter and his estranged wife's boyfriend, then hiring a hitman to kill his estranged wife and a judge.-Criminal trials:In August 1976, Davis was charged with the murder of his...
murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
trial
Trial (law)
In law, a trial is when parties to a dispute come together to present information in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes. One form of tribunal is a court...
. He also represented Morganna
Morganna
Morganna Roberts is an entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1970 through the 1990s...
, a.k.a. "The Kissing Bandit."
At a late 1970's American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
seminar in New York http://www.excaliburautomobile.com/Image/Circle&Sword/Vol3/page5.htm, Mr. Haynes explained how to plead in the alternative
Alternative pleading
Alternative pleading permits a party in a court action to argue multiple possibilities that may be mutually exclusive by making use of legal fiction....
:
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.
Mr. Haynes currently resides in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
and continues to actively practice law.
External links
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