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Langston sentenced to 3 years in bribery case
Langston sentenced to 3 years in bribery case

Disbarred Booneville lawyer Joey Langston will serve three years in prison and pay a $250,000 fine for his part in attempting to bribe a Hinds County judge.

U.S. District Judge Michael Mills handed down the sentence today in the judicial corruption case. He ordered Langston to report to a federal prison to be determined by Jan. 15.


Clarion Ledger
12/16/8

Posted December 16, 2008 - 10:14 am
3 Comments:

Folks, that is a judge sending a HUGE message.  The only one that hasn’t gotten maxed out was Backstrom.

Posted by Alan on 12-16-2008 at 11:23 AM [link]

What’s Balducci’s situation?

Posted by ccvz on 12-16-2008 at 11:35 AM [link]

Balducci plea agreement here
http://www.insurancecoverageblog.com/Balducci pleads guilty.pdf

Patterson plea agreement here
http://www.clarionledger.com/assets/pdf/D096660114.PDF

Neither has been sentenced yet.

Posted by Just Me on 12-16-2008 at 12:51 PM [link]

Hell yea Justice done, In my opinion not full justice but justice none the less ,Judge Mills used what he had at hand and sentenced within his power ,its a start at attempting to put our system back in order ......

Posted by Barneyfife lives in Booneville on 12-16-2008 at 05:12 PM [link]
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