Prosecutors Drop Fisher Tax Evasion Case
By Nolan Clay/The Oklahoman, In Tulsa ~ Prosecutors today dropped a tax case against former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. He next faces a bribery trial in Oklahoma City in October.
In the tax case, Fisher, 68, was charged with filing a false state tax return that understated his 1999 income. He had been accused of underpaying his state taxes.
The decision came after Associate District Judge Dana Kuehn limited evidence against Fisher. Prosecutors had been appealing her ruling.
"It does not make sense to expend time and state resources appealing this case," said Attorney General Drew Edmondson, whose assistants are prosecuting Fisher. "I have instructed the multicounty grand jury unit to prepare for trial on the bribery case, the most significant of the remaining charges.”
Fisher is now in prison on a campaign-corruption conviction.
In the tax case, Fisher, 68, was charged with filing a false state tax return that understated his 1999 income. He had been accused of underpaying his state taxes.
The decision came after Associate District Judge Dana Kuehn limited evidence against Fisher. Prosecutors had been appealing her ruling.
"It does not make sense to expend time and state resources appealing this case," said Attorney General Drew Edmondson, whose assistants are prosecuting Fisher. "I have instructed the multicounty grand jury unit to prepare for trial on the bribery case, the most significant of the remaining charges.”
Fisher is now in prison on a campaign-corruption conviction.
Labels: Carroll Fisher, Drew Edmondson
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