Richard racehorse haynes biography template
Richard racehorse haynes biography template
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Richard Haynes (lawyer)
American lawyer (1927–2017)
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes (April 3, 1927 – April 28, 2017) was a Texascriminal defense attorney.
He became a star of the legal world after prevailing in a series of seemingly impossible murder trials in Texas in the 1970s and 1980s.[1]Time magazine named him one of the top defense attorneys in the nation.[1]
Law practice
A native of Houston, Texas, Haynes graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1956, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas on April 23, 1956.[2] During one stretch, he reportedly won 163 drunk-driving cases in a row.[3] He was involved in landmark cases such as The State of Texas v.
John Hill (a basis for journalist and author Thomas Thompson's 1976 book Blood and Money), and the notorious T. Cullen Davismurder and later solicitation of murder trials in Fort Worth, Texas, both of which ended in acquittals.[citation needed] He also repr