AUGUST 31 20101. Siegelman Asks Appeals Court To Dismiss Charges
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1. Siegelman Asks Appeals Court To Dismiss
Charges
By Bob Johnson for AP/CBS11 TV
....The 11th Circuit earlier upheld most of the charges against
Siegelman and all of those against Scrushy, but the Supreme Court
sent the cases back to the 11th Circuit after its ruling concerning the
"honest services bribery" law. It's a law that said it's a crime for a
public official to deprive citizens of honest services while in office. The
Supreme Court found problems with the law in the conviction in June
of former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling.
Siegelman's attorneys argued in the brief to the 11th Circuit that most
of the case against Siegelman was based on the "honest services"
law and that jurors may have been influenced by that law when
considering other charges.
In a separate brief, Scrushy's attorneys argued that the Supreme
Court's decision in the Skilling case "requires reversal of the
conspiracy and honest service bribery charges" against Scrushy.
Scrushy's attorneys argue that at the least their client should be
granted a new trial.
Scrushy's brief argues that his campaign contribution to Siegelman
was not a bribe.
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