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Texas: Manuel Banales

Mon, 12/01/2008 - 21:54

Cheney no longer under indictment

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez were both dismissed Monday, only hours after an indictment against state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) was also dismissed.

Presiding Judge Manual Banales said Monday that the indictments — won two weeks ago by Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra — were improperly returned by a Willacy County grand jury.

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Mon, 12/01/2008 - 18:24

Indictment against Lucio dismissed

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

Presiding Judge Manuel Bañales dismissed an indictment against state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) on a corruption charge related to the alleged abuse of prisoners at federal detention centers within the South Texas county.

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Mon, 12/01/2008 - 16:10

Judge will remain on Cheney case

By Ben DuBose, PolitickerTX.com Reporter

A Texas district judge ruled Monday that Presiding Judge Manuel Bañales will continue to hear the cases involving indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, state Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) and other South Texas officials.

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