OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma County prosecutors
are asking a state appeals court to add a conspiracy charge against two
former state lawmakers who face felony bribery charges.
Assistant District Attorney Scott Rowland argued
Thursday before the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals that there was
enough evidence presented during a preliminary hearing on the bribery
charges against former Republican state Rep. Randy Terrill of Moore and
Democratic state Sen. Debbe Leftwich of Oklahoma City to support the
conspiracy count.
Prosecutors are appealing a district court judge's dismissal of the conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors claim Terrill and Leftwich were part of
a scheme to set Leftwich up in an $80,000-a-year state job so a
Republican colleague of Terrill's could run for her open seat.
Terrill and Leftwich deny the allegations. Terrill's colleague was not charged.
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