June 30, 2007 Politics » Politics Beat

Crutchfield Trial Date Set for Memphis Next Month 

by John Branston
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State Senator Ward Crutchfield (D-Chattanooga), one of several prominent legislators to be indicted in the FBI’s Tennessee Waltz sting, will go on trial in Memphis, beginning July 16th. Prosecutors and defense attorneys reached agreement on the time after conferring with U.S. District Judge J. Daniel Breen in Jackson on Friday.

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