Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A defense lawyer for former Democratic state Rep. Sue Schmitz of Toney is asking that she be sentenced to time served when she is resentenced on Sept. 6 in Birmingham.
U.S. District Judge David Proctor scheduled the hearing after a federal appeals court upheld her three mail fraud convictions but threw out four convictions for theft from a federally funded program.
Schmitz is due to finish her 30-month sentence on March 31, 2012, but defense lawyer Bill Clark filed court papers Thursday asking that she be released on time served.
Schmitz was one of 17 people who were convicted or pleaded guilty during a federal investigation of Alabama's two-year college system.
U.S. District Judge David Proctor scheduled the hearing after a federal appeals court upheld her three mail fraud convictions but threw out four convictions for theft from a federally funded program.
Schmitz is due to finish her 30-month sentence on March 31, 2012, but defense lawyer Bill Clark filed court papers Thursday asking that she be released on time served.
Schmitz was one of 17 people who were convicted or pleaded guilty during a federal investigation of Alabama's two-year college system.
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