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Chvala found guilty of 2 felonies
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| Last Edited | Penguin Oct 25, 2005 07:40pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Madison Capital Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 26, 2005 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former state Senate Majority Leader Chuck Chvala, once one of the most powerful men in state government, was found guilty today of two felony counts.
Although he answered "Guilty, your honor," when asked by Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan for his pleas on counts of misconduct in public office and campaign funding violations, Chvala at times appeared reluctant to go through with the plea deal, which called off his trial set for next week and instead left him facing sentencing in coming months...
Chvala agreed to plead to the two felonies while Feiss and fellow prosecutor Assistant District Attorney Kurt Benkley agreed to drop 17 other felonies with which Chvala was charged, including the most serious charges against him, those of extorting money from lobbyists in exchange for helping their bills and amendments through the legislative process.
In addition the sides will recommend at a future sentencing date that Chvala be put on two years' probation and the prosecutors will argue he be sent to jail for six months as a condition of that probation. Defense attorneys James Olson and Bruce Davey are free to argue for less, or no time in jail.
Chvala also agreed to pay a $5,500 fine...
No. 1 Dem: Chvala helped win back control of the Senate from Republicans in a special election in 1996, then became majority leader until he was charged just before the 2002 elections. Many political observers say the criminal charges against Chvala and the allegations of his campaign role in several hotly contested Senate seats cost Democrats their majority in the Senate.
But during his tenure as leader, Chvala was the most powerful Democrat in state government. |
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