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Monday, June 25, 2012

Steve Houze: Who The Hell Is A Fugitive?

 "Terri went to a lawyer and took his advise to not talk and plead the 5th, Houze is a well known attorney and has dealt with all kinds of situations I would trust that he knows alot more about this case than anyone does. It appears in court he does his homework and does it well. I highly doubt he would risk his career by hiding a fugative from the law."

..........This is a snippet from a comment on another blog, where I am engaged in a conversation about the lawsuit recently filed against Terri Horman, by Desiree Young, mother of missing Kyron Horman. Kyron disappeared in June of 2010, from his second grade classroom at Skyline Elementary in Portland, Oregon. Terri Horman, Kyron's sometime step parent, has refused to testify, give account of her whereabouts the day Kyron went missing, and has also failed two polygraphs. She also hired Steve Houze, a high profile and high dollar criminal defense attorney, to represent her when police began to suspect that she may have attempted to hire someone to kill her husband, Kaine Horman. Not that she was ever charged.....she just needed a defense attorney.

There have been observations and arguements that Kyron's missing persons case and the alleged murder for hire case are not connected to each other. Ok, that seems plausable, so why is Houze representing Ms. Horman in Kyron's missing person case, if Ms. Horman had nothing to do with Kyron's disappearance? Anyone else experiencing two separate legal issues has to retain council for two separate legal issues. So, to those who want to yap about the fact that Houze was not hired until the police investigated the alleged murder for hire, remember that Houze has apparently advised Terri Horman concerning the missing persons case, too. Two separate cases.

This commenter also claims that Houze advised Terri Horman to plead the fifth. I disagree. Terri Horman has not been charged with anything, and has not been arrested for anything. She does not need to "plead the fifth". That's something one does in court. What she HAS done, other than fail polygraphs and refuse to cooperate with law enforcement to assist in finding Kyron, is exercise her right to remain silent. But; once again, if she hired Houze to represent her in the alleged murder for hire "nonevent", why is he representing her in Kyron's disappearance? Unless he has been retained to do just that.

It also appears that the comment is written by someone who believes that Steve Houze "knows a lot more about this case than anyone does." I'll go along with that; he probably does. But if he does, how? The only way he can truly know anything is by talking to the actual perpetrator.

Here's the part of the comment that is truly loaded: "I highly doubt that he (Steve Houze) would risk his career by hiding a fugitive from the law."  Defense attorneys do not represent the prosecution. They represent the defendant. If a defendant happens to be on the lam, they have an obligation to act in the defendant's best interest, not anyone else's. So if Steve Houze has a client who is a fugitive, as many lawyers do from time to time, his career will not be "risked" in any way if he lets the fugitive hide. If he acts in any way that is not in his client's best interest, that is when he would "risk" his career. But that comment is still a very loaded comment for one more reason......who the hell is a fugitive here? Terri Horman isn't a fugitive. She hasn't been charged with a crime, remember? Neither is anyone else. To whom could this poster have referred?


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love this blog! Yes, yes YES!! Why would TMH hire Houze if she were not guilty of disappearing Kyron and possibly of hiring a hit man to kill Kaine? Marless

Juli Henry said...

Why? Mental illness comes to mind....but I still believe she is culpable for everything she has done or caused. Even if it's only a matter of knowing something she did not share with law enforcement, Kyron has been missing for two years, and he needs EVERY opportunity to be found.