Background
HAYNES, RICHARD was born on April 3, 1927 in Houston, Texas, United States.
HAYNES, RICHARD was born on April 3, 1927 in Houston, Texas, United States.
University of Houston (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1951. Juris Doctor, Phi Alpha Delta (Alumni Advisor, 1980-1981).
TIME magazine once referred to him as one of the top six criminal lawyers in America. Richard Haynes served in the United States Marine Corps during World World War World War II He participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima at the age of seventeen. In that battle, United States. Marines hit the beach from small landing crafts under heavy enemy fire.
While on the beach and firing at the Japanese, Haynes noticed a fellow Marine still in the water and wounded.
Haynes left his position on the beach while under heavy enemy machine gun, mortar and artillery fire, went back into the water, picked up the wounded Marine, and brought him to a safer position on the beach where a Navy Corpsman came to the Marine"s aid, saving his life. Haynes was decorated with a medal for his heroic actions during the battle.
A native of Houston, Texas, he graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1956, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas on April 23, 1956. He has been involved in landmark cases such as The State of Texas v.
John Hill (a basis for the book Blood and Money), and the notorious T. Cullen Davis murder and later solicitation of murder trials in Fort Worth, Texas, both of which ended in acquittals.
He also represented Morganna, a.k.a. "The Kissing Bandit" and Vickie Daniel, who was the wife of Price Daniel, Junior. At a late 1970s American Bar Association seminar in New York, Mr.
Haynes explained how to plead in the alternative:
Say you sue me because you say my dog bit you.
Well, now this is my defense:
My dog doesn"t bite. And second, in the alternative, my dog was tied up that night.
And third, I don"t believe you really got bit. And fourth, I don"t have a dog.
Haynes resides in and practices law in Houston.
Charter member College Education, Challenge Club, University Houston. Chairman board regents National College for Criminal Defense, 1980—1981. Member National Neurofibromatosis Foundation-Texas Chapter.
Board member College Education Foundation Board, University Houston. Fellow: International Academy Trial Lawyers, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: American Bar Association, Houston Law Foundation (board directors), Houston Bar Association, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (named Lawyer of Year 1999), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Texas Bar Association, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Judicature Society, American Board Trial Advocates, International Society Barristers, Phi Alpha Delta (alumni advisor 1979-1980).