Imprisoned former attorney Dickie Scruggs asked a federal court Thursday to throw out his conviction in the judicial corruption case involving former Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter.
Scruggs’ legal argument in the motion, filed in U.S. District Court in north Mississippi, is that the U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of so-called honest services laws, and he says that means he’s innocent of a crime to which he pleaded guilty.
The law says it’s a crime for a public official to deprive citizens of honest services while in office or to be involved in such a crime.
AP
6/23/11
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