Federal Judge Dismisses Stipe Action

Muskogee U.S. District Judge Ronald A. White has declared former State Senator Gene Stipe mentally incompetent and in a new order issued earlier this week dismissed the petition to revoke his probation. The action effectively closes the case and makes all other pending motions moot. Had probation been revoked, Stipe could have gone to prison or given an extended period of in-home detention. An existing order of in-home detention expires in late January.

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