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Judi Lynn

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Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:16 PM Apr 2015

Former Texas judge pleads guilty in judicial corruption case

Source: Associated Press

Former Texas judge pleads guilty in judicial corruption case
Posted: Apr 13, 2015 3:34 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 13, 2015 3:34 PM CDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A former Texas state district judge charged in a judicial corruption case has pleaded guilty in federal court in New Mexico under a plea agreement calling for a two-year prison sentence.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for New Mexico announced that Angus Kelly McGinty entered the plea Monday in federal court in Albuquerque to a charge of honest services wire fraud.

The 51-year-old McGinty stepped down from Texas' 144th District Court bench in Bexar County in Feburary 2014 amid an FBI investigation into graft.

McGinty was accused of seeking and taking bribes of cash, car repairs and other favors from an attorney in exchange for favorable rulings for the lawyer's clients.


Read more: http://www.ktre.com/story/28790914/former-texas-judge-pleads-guilty-in-judicial-corruption-case



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Former Texas judge pleads guilty in judicial corruption case (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2015 OP
I am shocked! Imagine a crooked Judge, in Texas Gawds own state. Vincardog Apr 2015 #1
And a Republican. Imagine that. Major Nikon Apr 2015 #2
Anyone surprised by this news knows NOTHING about TX. Vincardog Apr 2015 #3
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