SAVANNAH, Ga. AP � ” Federal prosecutors say a former Georgia judge’s guilty plea and conviction in a corruption case should be thrown out based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in an unrelated case.
Brooks E. Blitch III served more than 20 years as a powerful Superior Court judge in rural Clinch County before he resigned amid investigations by state and federal authorities. He pleaded guilty in 2009 to a single charge of honest service fraud conspiracy in a deal that allowed him to avoid prison.