Judge: Tulsa County Proper Venue For Fisher Case

By The Oklahoman's Nolan Clay at www.newsok.com ~ Former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher won a small legal victory today when a judge ruled the only proper place for him to face prosecution in a tax-evasion case is Tulsa County.

His attorneys now plan to use today's decision to ask Fisher's trial judge to dismiss the case entirely on a legal technicality.

Fisher is charged in the tax case with filing a false state tax return that understated his 1999 income. Fisher allegedly should have paid an additional $4,688 in state taxes. He was being prosecuted in Oklahoma County until a judge there ruled he must be prosecuted in Tulsa County where he signed the return.

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