Editor’s note:Would "Joe Sixpack" get the same consideration from a judge? Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Texas judge overturns convictions of dead attorney
Updated 9:36 am, Thursday, April 4, 2013
Cameron County authorities ended their search for the body of a man that was seen jumping off the Queen Isabella Causeway in Port Isabel, TX early Thursday morning, Feb. 28, 2013. The body is believed to be that of local attorney Ray Marchan.
Photo: Bob Owen, San Antonio Express-News
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A judge has overturned the convictions of a South Texas lawyer whose body was found on the day he was to report to prison in a judicial bribery scandal.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen set aside the racketeering, extortion and mail fraud convictions of 56-year-old Ray Marchan. Marchan's appeal was pending at the time of his death.
Marchan's body was discovered Feb. 28 after he jumped from the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway in an apparent suicide. Marchan was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in bribing ex-state District Judge Abel Limas. Limas has pleaded guilty to racketeering and awaits sentencing.
Courts have said deaths, before the appeals process has been exhausted, are grounds for throwing out convictions. Hanen vacated the convictions Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/texas/article/Texas-judge-overturns-convictions-of-dead-attorney-4409205.php#ixzz2QFlqnFT6
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