5th Circ. Upholds Texas Official's 76-Month Bribery Sentence

By Alex Wolf (August 18, 2016, 4:40 PM EDT) -- A former Texas county commissioner sentenced to more than six years in prison after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe from an undercover federal agent lost an appeal bid Wednesday, when the Fifth Circuit upheld the validity of his plea agreement appeal waiver and the charge of federal programs bribery....

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