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controversy has swirled around me for 25 years she's a really really smart woman
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she had a touch of genius and a touch of evil well i wish i'd always been the perfect
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lady but i don't know it just didn't work out that way this is catherine shelton a former
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defense attorney in houston she's a legend around harris county because i almost go back 40 years down
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at the courthouse and if you talk to any of the old prosecutors and defense attorneys from
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back in the day they know all about catherine they all know her name and they can tell you
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plenty of stories she began practicing law in the 70s she was intelligent she was very witty
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working at a newspaper back in the day covering the courthouse he got to know her pretty well
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she was well known around the courthouse because of the reputation she had that she thought she was smarter than
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everybody else in the rest of the world i knew that she was a tough tough gal she decorated her home with
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with stills from old humphrey bogart gangster movies lloyd oliver is a longtime attorney and
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a well-known figure around the harris county courthouse in houston i dare say probably the prettiest
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criminal defense lawyer in the harris county courts she just had a vibrations personality
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just just charmed everyone lloyd and catherine were friends she had beautiful blonde hair
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she was shapely and she attracted men how did you not fall prey to her charms we weren't involved grammatically or
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physically where you can tell that is i'm still here i'm still around we're having this conversation right now but
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what about these men i'm almost there i'm not luca bratzy from the godfather and i don't go around
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shooting people