The trial stemmed
from the mysterious appearance of $500 on deadline which allowed Newton to meet the
required $15,000 in campaign contributions. That enabled him to qualify for
$80,550 in public financing for his 2012 bid to recapture the state senate seat
he surrendered following his federal conviction.
HARTFORD --
When you go to trial, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.
On Friday,
former State Sen. Ernie Newton experienced both.
Shortly
before 3:30 p.m., a state court jury convicted the 58-year-old, longtime Bridgeport politician on
three charges of illegal practices in campaign financing and acquitted him on a
charge of tampering with a witness.
Additionally,
the three-man, three-woman jury informed Superior Court Judge Julia D. Dewey they were unable to reach a
verdict on four other charges -- two more counts of illegal practices in
campaign financing and two counts of first-degree larceny.
As a result,
Dewey declared a mistrial on those four charges.
Michael Gailor and Kevin Shay, who prosecuted Newton, said it was
too early to determine if they would retry him on those charges.
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