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Daily News
June 16, 1987
Lawyer: he was shocked
AUSTIN (AP) – A former McLennan County chief prosecutor said Monday he was astounded when present District Attorney, Vic Feazell asked for a share of legal fees when he got drunken driving cases dismissed or reduced.
“He told me that he wanted to participate in our fees,” testified Don Hall, who was district attorney in 1963-66 and a former law partner of Feazell, 35, on trial for bribery. “He said he had done us a lot of favors and we had made money as a result of those favors.”
“He said he wanted a mathematical percentage of cases dismissed,” Hall said.
“I was astounded. I had never shared a fee with anyone nor had I taken one when I was in public office,” Hall said.
Hall testified Feazell finally asked for one-third of the fees that Hall’s law firm received in cases where Feazell became involved in getting charges dismissed or reduced.
Hall said he and his partner, Dick Kettler, discussed Feazell’s demands.
“He (Kettler) was astounded too,” Hall said Monday. “We never reached a conclusion on the matter. The next time a case came alone, we just cut him (Feazell) out a third and gave it to him.”
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