Legal sides weigh in to judge in Dickie Scruggs’ appeal

Legal sides weigh in to judge in Dickie Scruggs’ appeal

Richard “Dickie” Scruggs re-established his guilt in an alleged scheme to bribe Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter, federal prosecutors tell the court as Scruggs seeks to have his 2009 conviction overturned.

Scruggs, 65, of Oxford, pleaded guilty to seeking to improperly influence DeLaughter, who presided over a legal-fees lawsuit against Scruggs and others.

The plea added time to a sentence he already was serving for a conviction in the 2007 judicial bribery case aimed at Circuit Judge Henry Lackey.

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4/13/12