Advocate
June 9, 1987
Lawyer: Funds Not Reported
AUSTIN (AP) – McLennan County District Attorney Vic Feazell failed to report $9,000 in campaign contributions as required by state law, a Waco attorney testified Monday.
Attorney Ron moody said he and partner Ken Crow gave Feazell a check for $500 and $4,500 in cash after a 1983 meeting in which Feazell mentioned he had a “substantial” campaign debt and asked if they could help.
Moody said he and Crow also gave Feazell a $00 check and 4,600 in cash when Feazell was having a fund-raiser in September 1984.
A prosecutor introduced a replica of Feazell’s campaign contribution report that indicated he listed the $400 and $500 checks for Moody and Crow but not the alleged cash donations.
Feazell has been accused of taking $19,000 in bribes from a circle of Waco attorneys in exchange for dismissing charges against their clients or reducing their punishments. A 10-count federal racketeering indictment also charges hem with mail fraud.
Two weeks ago, Moody and Crow pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax evasion in exchange for testimony against Feazell.
Moody said he gave the money to Feazell to “be on the right side of the fence.”
Moody’s testimony sparked a 15-minute discussion between Feazell’s attorney Gary Richardson, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Frels and U.S. District Judge James Nowlin.
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