Rene Oliveira, the former Texas House District 37 Representative has been granted yet another delay n his trial on a charge of Driving While Intoxicated after his arrest April 28, 2018.
According to court records, after numerous motions by his attorney Ed Stapleton to - among other things - suppress the "unlawful arrest" and the "fruits" of the after their "illegal" trespass of his house, and the suppression of the blood analysis, Oliveira's trial is scheduled to go forward then.
The trial was scheduled to be held December 2 (today) in Cameron County Court-at-Law #1 before Judge Arturo McDonald. Now it has been moved to January 13, 2020.
McDonald on Sept. 4 denied Stapleton's motion to suppress the evidence gathered at the former lawmaker's home following a car accident at the intersection of Central and Boca Chica boulevards.
McDonald on Sept. 4 denied Stapleton's motion to suppress the evidence gathered at the former lawmaker's home following a car accident at the intersection of Central and Boca Chica boulevards.
McDonald on Sept. 16 also denied Stapleton's motion to suppress the sample of his blood analysis performed on Oliveira after he refused to perform a breath analysis at his arrest.
Cameron County Ass. District Attorney Rehaman Merchant said in court Oliveira allegedly had a high blood alcohol content and drugs in his system, according to The Brownsville Herald.
Attorneys for the district attorney’s office declined to provide details about what Merchant had said in the open hearing, claiming its ongoing prosecution of Oliveira, the same reason the Texas Attorney General's Office gave for allowing them to keep Oliveira’s blood test results a secret.
Oliveira was arrested following a sequence of events that began at 10:22 p.m. Friday (Sept. 27), according to police. At that time, officers responded to an accident in Brownsville and found a Cadillac leaving the area, with a Lexus parked behind it. A woman in the Lexus told an officer that "everything was fine and that there was no accident," police said.
But according to reports, the officer spotted a third car — a Chevrolet — that was parked on the side of the road. Its driver told police she had been hit from behind by the Cadillac while she was stopped at a traffic light, and the Cadillac's driver subsequently got out of his car, handed her his business card and "told her that he would take care of everything," police said. The card was that of Oliveira, a lawyer.
Officers then went to the lawmaker's home and there discovered both the Lexus and Cadillac, which had damage to its front and two flat tires. That is when Oliveira was arrested, police said.
Police charged Oliveira with a DWI, a class B misdemeanor.
When the court granted him a bond, there were restrictions imposed upon the defendant, including staying away from places where alcohol was consumed. The DA's Office petitioned the court to install a ignition lock device after reports indicated the former lawmaker was seen consuming alcohol at the same popular night spot where he was reportedly drinking the night of the accident and his subsequent arrest.
Oliveira, who was in a runoff for re-election with former Cameron County Pct. 2 Commissioner Alex Dominguez, was released on $2,500 bail the next day. Dominguez went on to win the runoff election.
13 comments:
Juan, great DWI reporting! I re-created Rene's arrest with some friends, including a fat fucker who played the cop, and we discovered he is being framed! I am creating some documents and will soon have the story, people!
- Booby Weightman-Ramirez
Yet another delay?!?! What is so special about this case? Oliveira is just another drunk driver who got caught. Is it his former position that is causing so many delays in this simple open and shut case? What further "special treatment" will this drunk driver get? Please don't let him back on the streets again. We know he has a history of flaunting the law and the next time could be deadly.
I will be home for Christmas any one else would be locked up by now.
Good for you Bobby WC
The Scumbag Reñe Olivera has more tricks than a wart hog has ticks, MrBobby. Expose him,
Juan great story, damage has been done on this MF, about time, now he is out as state rep but still a practicing lair-lawyer. Can he lose his law license if he is convicted on this DWI charge-or will the state bar not do a damn thing like they always do? just asking.
Certain that he won't ask for a jury trial - he already knows that so many, many people in the potential jury pool have witnessed him drink and drive drunk. So it will probably be up to the judge. Let's hope that the judge does not owe him any "favors" and will take this case seriously as it represents a chance for Brownsville to get away from its reputation as a good ole boy network. Enough already!
Go back to the days gone by and read of all his get out of jail free dealings lm talking about more than 25 years ago and you people think he will get more than slapped on the bottom. WOW
There is no question that male judges dominate the court system in Brownsville, shutting out females. McDonald has sentenced many female DUI first time offenders (without causing an accident)to "alcohol classes", drivers license suspensions and fines. Let's see how he treats a male with the last name of Oliveira. This is going to be a defining moment in the history of Brownsville's MeToo movement, or a determination as to whether the MeToo movement has even reached Boystown, oops! I mean Brownsville.
Oliveira already has blatantly thumbed his nose at the law: He left the scene of an accident that he caused (again), told his girlfriend to lie about it (again), drove home drunkenly (again and as evidenced by the damage to his car), and then tries to belittle the police officers by claiming they were "unlawful" in doing their duties. Then he files motion after motion, placing the blame for his drunken driving on police officials and hospital employees for "taking" his blood. Who else on this planet expects to get away with this? Let's hope the "boys will be boys" excuse does not hold up in McDonald's court on Friday, the thirteenth. (Was it moved to a Friday because there would be fewer people in the courthouse??)
Male judges? you bet your butt. they drink and drive as well. Que suerte!
why doesn't Oliveira fix those eyes instead of blowing his money on alcohol and drugs? he would look alot better. Someone needs to tell him women were after him only because of his political position. NOTHING else!!! Pobresito
Does he pay taxas? Probably not just like all those elected officials here that don't pay a cent of taxas. Check out the lucios sucios are they on the list tooooo.
political position and which one is that? empinado?
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