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Oil Heir’s Fraud Indictments Dismissed Due To Prosecutorial Misconduct

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Court of Appeals affirms successful dismissal with prejudice of indictments due to prosecutorial misconduct.

Hueston Hennigan attorneys previously obtained the dismissal of multiple fraud indictments against an heir of former oil magnate H.L. Hunt after an evidentiary hearing for prosecutorial misconduct, which also resulted in a criminal contempt citation against the district attorney of Dallas, Texas. Featured as “Hill Wins, Watkins Loses” in the Dallas Morning News.

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