Montgomery, AL – Former state Rep. Terry Spicer of Elba will be sentenced April 23 for accepting more than $100,000 in bribes from a casino developer and lobbyist to provide political favors at the Legislature.
Spicer pleaded guilty earlier this month to one count of bribery. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. His plea deal with the federal government sets out a sentencing range of four years and nine months to five years and 11 months in prison, but he is hoping for less. It also calls for him to forfeit $40,000.
The number of guilty pleas in Alabama's gambling corruption scandal now stands at four.
Defense attorney Robert Hauberg Jr. doesn't know if Spicer will be called to testify in the gambling retrial early next year.
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