Feds oppose former House member McCrorys plea attempt in prison corruption case
JACKSON - The government is opposing an attempt by a former Mississippi House member to withdraw his guilty plea in a prison corruption case.
Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate on Monday to deny the move earlier this month by Cecil McCrory of Brandon to change his plea back to innocent and proceed to a jury trial.
“McCrory’s blank assertion of innocence — days before his sentencing and without any factual basis — is insufficient and unconvincing,” wrote Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Case.
Wingate will hear the issue Wednesday.
McCrory and Sam Waggoner of Carthage, a prison phone consultant, had been scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday. Waggoner has asked for a delay in his sentencing because he might have to testify against McCrory if McCrory’s case goes to trial.
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