Rowland client's sentencing delayed indefinitely
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Neil Vigdor Monday, January 19, 2015
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The
sentencing of a failed congressional candidate who pleaded guilty to paying
twice-convicted former Gov. John G. Rowland off the books during her 2012
campaign has been delayed indefinitely while a federal judge considers a
complaint that prosecutors withheld evidence from Rowland's lawyers.
Lisa Wilson-Foley, a Simsbury
Republican who sought the 5th District congressional seat had been scheduled to
appear Tuesday in New Haven
federal court as part of a plea deal in the successful prosecution
of Rowland.
But "in
light of the issues" raised by Rowland's lawyers in a Jan. 2 filing, U.S.
District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton
decided Sunday to postpone Wilson-Foley's sentencing as she previously did with
Rowland's sentencing.
The delay is
the fifth postponement in under two weeks for
Wilson-Foley, who faces up to a year in prison for illegally funneling $35,000
in political consulting fees to Rowland through her husband's nursing home
business, Apple Rehab.
Continue
reading at ….
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Rowland-client-s-sentencing-delayed-indefinitely-6025975.php
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John Rowland, sentencing
January 5, 2015 (CBS Connecticut)
Sentencing has been delayed for former governor John
Rowland.
Rowland’s defense lawyers had requested that the hearing be
put off.
They argued that there was new information in a court filing
by lawyers for one of his conspirators, former fifth district congressional
candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley.
Rowland’s defense team argued that if they had the
information in the Wilson-Foley paperwork, they might have called her to the
stand during the former governor’s trial.
Rowland was convicted of using a sham contract to get paid
through Wilson-Foley’s husband’s nursing home chain, for work the former
governor was really doing for Wilson-Foley’s campaign.
Continue reading at ….. http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2015/01/05/rowland-sentencing-delayed/
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Michael P. Mayko Sept 19, 2014
NEW HAVEN --
Ex-governor and ex-convict John Rowland stood emotionless, stoically clinging
to his wife's hand as the verdict was read aloud Friday at 2:40 p.m.
Each time
the jury foreman pronounced the word "guilty" as charged -- seven
times in all -- uncontrollable sobs followed from his wife, Patty, and other
family members in U.S.
District Court.
When the
last "guilty" rang out and another sob was stifled, Rowland faced a
second term in federal prison.
The
12-member jury deliberated for just seven hours before convicting the
57-year-old one-time Republican wunderkind on the seven charges stemming from
violations of federal election laws during the 2010 and 2012 Republican 5th
Congressional District nomination campaigns.
"The
guy just doesn't learn," said Joseph Merly, a local
civil rights and criminal defense lawyer who watched parts of the 13-day trial.
"But then again, he's the product of Waterbury
politics. Now he's the poster boy for Waterbury
political corruption."
Continue
reading at …. http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Rowland-found-guilty-5767405.php