Reply #9: DeLay heads for top appeals court

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3543958.html

DeLay heads for top appeals court
Lawmaker steps up bid for a speedy trial after his latest attempt is denied

AUSTIN - After being rebuffed by one appeals court in his effort to get a speedy trial, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay plans to quickly take his case to the higher Court of Criminal Appeals.

A January trial is an essential step in the Sugar Land Republican's efforts to regain his position as majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.

"We're not through. We're going to the top," said DeLay's lead lawyer, Dick DeGuerin.

In an order made public Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 3rd Court of Appeals rejected DeLay's bid to be tried on a money-laundering charge while prosecutors appeal the dismissal of a related charge accusing DeLay of violating the election code in 2002.