Tuesday, August 21st, 2007...5:57 am
You May Want to Keep the Champagne Chilled, Fellas
Over at Sonoran Alliance, they are celebrating because of the dismissal of state charges against Sandra Dowling. They may want to keep the crowing to a minimum for a bit.
The case was transfered to the US Attorney’s office because of Joe Arpaio’s still active investigation of trumped up bribe charges (details on Arpaio’s novel legal theory here). The bulk of the Dowling investigation was conducted by Arpaio’s office, so the Attorney General’s office decided that acting on their investigation constituted a conflict of interest, and the case was transfered.
This sort of dismissal of charges in state court is common by our US Attorney’s office, since they would prefer to try their cases in federal court. Observers I have talked to believe that charges will soon be refiled in federal court. Dowling still faces legal action from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors as well. This ain’t no finding of innocence.
1 Comment
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:40 pm
True…but…this case is kinda stinky…lots of personalities involved.
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