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03-06-2009, 07:34 PM
Don Siegelman "disappointed, but not discouraged"
Posted by Kim Chandler and Mary Orndorff -- Birmingham News March 06, 2009 2:52 PM
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman said today is "disappointed, but not discouraged" that an appellate court today upheld most of his government corruption conviction. "The fight will continue," Siegelman said in an e-mail to supporters.
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in its ruling
upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice counts against Siegelman but reversed two counts of honest services mail fraud.
The court vacated Siegelman's sentence since the two fraud counts were reversed. Siegelman lawyer Vince Kilborn said a new sentencing hearing will be scheduled in the future.
The next step in the appeal process may be to ask for review by all of the judges of the 11th Circuit, Kilborn said.
A federal jury in 2006 convicted Siegelman and Scrushy of bribery, conspiracy and fraud. Prosecutors alleged Scrushy bribed Siegelman for a seat on the state Certificate of Need Review Board with $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's 1999 lottery campaign. Siegelman also was convicted on a separate obstruction of justice charge. Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in prison but later was released pending appeal of his case. Scrushy was sentenced to more than six years and still is serving in a federal prison in Texas.
Link (http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/03/don_siegelman_disappointed_but.html)
Posted by Kim Chandler and Mary Orndorff -- Birmingham News March 06, 2009 2:52 PM
Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman said today is "disappointed, but not discouraged" that an appellate court today upheld most of his government corruption conviction. "The fight will continue," Siegelman said in an e-mail to supporters.
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in its ruling
upheld key bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice counts against Siegelman but reversed two counts of honest services mail fraud.
The court vacated Siegelman's sentence since the two fraud counts were reversed. Siegelman lawyer Vince Kilborn said a new sentencing hearing will be scheduled in the future.
The next step in the appeal process may be to ask for review by all of the judges of the 11th Circuit, Kilborn said.
A federal jury in 2006 convicted Siegelman and Scrushy of bribery, conspiracy and fraud. Prosecutors alleged Scrushy bribed Siegelman for a seat on the state Certificate of Need Review Board with $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's 1999 lottery campaign. Siegelman also was convicted on a separate obstruction of justice charge. Siegelman was sentenced to more than seven years in prison but later was released pending appeal of his case. Scrushy was sentenced to more than six years and still is serving in a federal prison in Texas.
Link (http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/03/don_siegelman_disappointed_but.html)