Gene Stipe Case Takes A Twist

By Tony Thornton/The Oklahoman ~ A clearly irritated federal judge made references to “The Wizard of Oz” and “Ghostbusters” in a written order that reluctantly allows former state Sen. Gene Stipe to have a surgical procedure on his brain before he reports to a prison hospital for mental competency testing.

U.S. District Judge Ronald White's bizarre, if entertaining order was the latest of several odd developments in the federal government's attempt to revoke the political icon's probation.

After reciting the various delays that have characterized the case for nearly a year, White wrote: “The inevitable question becomes: where are we now? Well Toto, where ever it is, it is not a place where the Defendant is ready to go to Springfield. No, no, no, no,” White wrote.

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