Siegelman petitions court to throw out conviction

[kpete]

Siegelman petitions court to throw out conviction
The Associated Press
Published: Thursday May 22, 2008

By BOB JOHNSON

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn his conviction in a government corruption case.

In an 84-page motion, Siegelman's attorneys asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to order the former Democratic governor acquitted of all charges or grant him a new trial.

Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy were convicted in June 2006 of bribery and other charges. Scrushy is scheduled to file his appeal brief with the 11th Circuit by June 2.

Siegelman was accused of appointing Scrushy to a hospital regulatory board in exchange for Scrushy arranging $500,000 in donations to Siegelman's campaign for a lottery. During the trial, former Siegelman aide Nick Bailey testified that Siegelman and Scrushy met privately in the governor's office in the summer of 1999 and afterward the governor told him Scrushy wanted to be appointed to the Certificate of Need Review Board. Bailey said in exchange, Siegelman wanted a contribution to the lottery campaign.

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Siegelman_petitions_court_to_throw_out_0522.html

[pberq]

1. Good news - let's hope this moves forward

[lame54]

2. They should give his cell to Rove

[midnight]

3. What is Nick Baily up to these days?