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USA v. Scruggs et al
Case Number:
3:07-cr-00192
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August 18, 2011
Citing Skilling, Scruggs' Son Appeals Conviction
David Zachary Scruggs sought Wednesday to appeal a decision upholding his conviction for failing to report his father's scheme to influence a Mississippi judge, claiming the U.S. Supreme Court's Skilling ruling decriminalized his behavior.
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August 04, 2011
Scruggs Son Can't Vacate Conviction In Bribery Case
A Mississippi federal judge on Wednesday refused to vacate attorney David Zachary Scruggs' conviction for failing to report his father's scheme to bribe a state judge, finding he had failed to prove he was in the dark about the kickback.
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June 28, 2011
Scruggs Son Loses Latest Bid To Duck Charges
A Mississippi federal judge on Monday shot down David Zachary Scruggs' renewed effort to have honest services fraud counts against him tossed, momentarily preserving the last remaining charges tied to his father's scheme to bribe a state judge.
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May 26, 2011
US Says Skilling Ruling Can't Help Scruggs' Son
Prosecutors told a Mississippi federal court Thursday that David Zachary Scruggs' conviction in connection with his father's scheme to bribe a state judge is not undone by the narrowed scope of honest services fraud.
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May 20, 2011
Scruggs Son Wants Rehearing On Summary Judgment
David Zachary Scruggs, convicted of failing to expose his father's scheme to bribe a state judge, on Thursday asked a Mississippi federal court to reconsider its decision not to grant his entire motion for summary judgment.
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May 16, 2011
Judge Tosses Bribery Charges Against Scruggs' Son
A federal judge in Mississippi on Friday tossed bribery charges against Zach Scruggs, son of disgraced anti-tobacco attorney Richard Scruggs, and set a hearing to consider whether to nix the remaining honest services fraud counts against him.
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May 12, 2011
Prosecutor Booted From Scruggs' Son's Bribery Case
A federal judge on Wednesday removed an assistant U.S. attorney from the case against the son of disgraced anti-tobacco attorney Richard Scruggs after determining that the Mississippi prosecutor withheld information when negotiating the son's guilty plea in a judicial bribery scandal.
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May 04, 2011
US Says Scruggs' Son's Bid For Quick Win Came Too Late
Prosecutors told a Mississippi federal judge Wednesday that a petition by the son of disgraced anti-tobacco attorney Richard Scruggs to have his bribery conviction thrown out was filed well after the limitations period expired and doesn't merit summary judgment.
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April 29, 2011
Feds Rip Scruggs' Son's Bid To Disqualify Prosecutor
Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to reject a motion by the son of disgraced anti-tobacco attorney Richard Scruggs that sought to disqualify a Mississippi prosecutor who negotiated his guilty plea in a judicial bribery scandal.
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April 25, 2011
Scruggs' Son Claims Prosecutors Misled Court
The son of disgraced anti-tobacco attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs stepped up a fight to erase his guilty plea related to a $40,000 bribery scheme involving a Mississippi judge, arguing Friday that prosecutors had tacitly acknowledged his innocence.