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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "Attorney for secretary of state asks that recount panel's ruling be considered"
Another in the long list of Charlie White stories -- Charles Wilson of the AP reports on yesterday's hearing on the criminal charges against White. A few quotes:
Attorney Carl Brizzi told Hamilton Superior Court Judge Steven Nation that the recount panel's unanimous June ruling that White was eligible to run for office last year should have a bearing on White's bid to have the criminal charges against him dismissed. * * *White faces a January trial on the charges, which also include perjury, unless Nation decides the counts should be dropped.
Nation said he would rule by Friday on that request. * * *
Democrats who filed the civil lawsuit with the Recount Commission seeking to oust him from office are appealing that decision to a Marion County judge, who is due to rule this month. * * *
Special prosecutor Dan Sigler Sr. said the civil and criminal cases are "not interwoven."
"It's a civil case -- it's not related to the criminal case," he said.
Sigler also said after the hearing that there are many cases of Indiana law that have concluded that Recount Commission actions do not prevent prosecutors or grand juries from moving ahead with criminal cases.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 10, 2011 01:05 PM
Posted to Indiana Government