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Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:56 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 27 February 2008 09:56
A Mississippi lawyer who already has pleaded guilty to bribing a judge told the FBI that Dickie Scruggs paid him $500,000 to persuade Attorney General Jim Hood to back off filing criminal charges against State Farm Fire and Casualty Cos.
New Albany lawyer Timothy Balducci – who has pleaded guilty to paying a $40,000 bribe to Circuit Judge Henry Lackey to rule in Scruggs’ favor in an attorneys’ fees dispute – is expected to be a key witness against Scruggs in his upcoming criminal trial on that case. Scruggs’ attorney, John Keker of San Francisco, insists his client is innocent of the bribery charges and knew nothing about Balducci paying the $40,000 bribe.