BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — An attorney accused of paying kickbacks that helped a judge turn his South Texas courtroom into a moneymaking enterprise was convicted Monday in the first trial stemming from a four-year federal investigation into judicial corruption.
A federal jury found Port Isabel lawyer Ray Marchan guilty of all seven counts he faced after deliberating for about 10 hours during two days. He was the first of 12 people swept up in the investigation of former state District Judge Abel Limas to face trial in Brownsville. Limas pleaded guilty to racketeering last year and awaits sentencing.
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