Manuel Banales Archives | John Tedesco https://johntedesco.net/blog/tag/manuel-banales/ Investigative Journalist in Houston, Texas Fri, 13 May 2022 20:43:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 26139830 A fake lawyer, a real judge, and an angry district attorney https://johntedesco.net/blog/2009/07/04/a-fake-lawyer-a-real-judge-and-an-angry-district-attorney/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:32:13 +0000 http://johntedesco.net/blog/?p=1413 John MacCormack’s story today about a South Texas legal scandal in Corpus Christi had a little bit of everything. There’s a fake lawyer who’s represented by a well-connected lawyer. There’s a judge with high aspirations who gives the fake lawyer probation. And there’s an angry district attorney who says the whole thing stinks. John’s been ...

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John MacCormack’s story today about a South Texas legal scandal in Corpus Christi had a little bit of everything. There’s a fake lawyer who’s represented by a well-connected lawyer. There’s a judge with high aspirations who gives the fake lawyer probation. And there’s an angry district attorney who says the whole thing stinks.

John’s been covering South Texas for decades now. He has a good nose for finding unique stories and writing about them in a way that’s interesting and easy to understand.

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