Langston pleads guilty– the Information
Here’s what the information says: Langston along with Patterson and Scruggs and other unnamed folks conspired to influence Delaughter by providing him “consideration… for appointment to the federal district court bench in the Southern Judicial District of Mississippi:” in exchange for favorable rulings in Wilson v. Scruggs. They engaged a “close personal friend” of DeLaughter as a consultant, and Scruggs told Langston he could arrange to have DeLaughter considered for a judgeship. In December, 2005, Langston and Patterson delivered $50,000 in cash to Delaughter’s friend to influence Delaughter. Scruggs agreed that if he got a favorable result, Patterson and the friend could split the savings to Scruggs as a result of the ruling. Between July of 2006 and July of 2007, Patterson and the friend split $3,000,000, the result of the savings to Scruggs from Delaughter’s ruling that resulted in settlement of the case. The :”personal friend,” unnamed, is obviously Ed Peters.
UPDATE2:
As a part of the pleadings in Langston’s case, waivers of the conflict of interest by both Zach Scruggs and Langston. Here’s the one Zach Scruggs signed.
UPDATE3 (final update):
Langston’s plea agreement is to a crime with a five year penalty with an agreement to a cap of three years. No agreement to a downward departure.
FOLO
1/14/8
Magnolia Tribune
