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October 10, 2006
Poor Little Rich Convicted Shooter
Rheubin Taylor II lives under house arrest with his father, Hamilton County Attorney Rheubin Taylor, who earns more than $126,000 annually. But you’re paying for the kid’s legal fees. Thanks!
Special Judge Buddy Perry has ruled that the Taylor fils is indigent, and his legal fees will be paid by the taxpayer-funded Tennessee indigent defense fund. So that’s how Stewart Jenkins will be collecting for his defense of Taylor, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter earlier this year in the shooting that killed Tory Hardy following the 2003 Bessie Smith Strut.
Jenkins said Taylor’s living conditions weren’t a factor in his ability to pay. “He has no property and no job,” Jenkins told the Times Free Press on Friday. It is hard to find work when you’re under house arrest.
But it’s easier to find a job when you have a clean record – which Taylor might if the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals rules his way. Perry has already ruled that Taylor’s charges would be expunged from his criminal record if he finished three years of probation without incident, but the D. A.’s office is appealing the ruling.
BlogBeats | By pulseblogger | 10:11 AM
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