Law360, New York (May 04, 2011, 3:31 PM ET) -- 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.
That filing came a day after David Zachary Scruggs, who is trying to overturn the conviction tying him to his father's alleged bribery of a state judge, pressed his bid to have Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Norman removed from the case.
"The petitioner suggests 'there is ......
US Says Scruggs' Son's Bid For Quick Win Came Too Late
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