Ex-Judge Guilty of Corruption
Ex-Miami Judge Phillip Davis will be sentenced in January
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 | Updated 5:15 PM EST
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A former Miami judge has been convicted of fraud and other charges for stealing more than $80,000 from a social services agency he ran.
A jury found ex-judge Phillip Davis guilty Wednesday of nine felonies for defrauding an agency called Miami-Dade Resident College. The 55-year-old Davis was taken immediately into custody and will be sentenced Jan. 8.
Davis's former administrative assistant was also convicted on all counts.
As a judge, Davis was charged in 1991 with taking bribes to fixcases as part of a federal judicial corruption probe dubbed Operation Court Broom. Davis was acquitted after he admitted on the witness stand that he was a cocaine addict and the drug had clouded his judgment.
Copyright Associated Press
Posted Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009 - 5:03 PM EST
