A Brooklyn jury Thursday convicted disgraced former Justice Gerald P. Garson, 74, of bribery in the third degree and two counts of receiving rewards for official misconduct. On the lesser charges, the jury determined that Garson had accepted a box of cigars from an attorney to whom he had provided ex parte advice on a case and $1,000 for having referred two clients to the same attorney. Garson faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
April 20, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A Brooklyn jury Thursday convicted disgraced former Justice Gerald P. Garson of bribery in the third degree and two counts of receiving rewards for official misconduct.
In addition to being convicted on the over-arching bribery count, Garson, 74, was convicted on two lesser charges of receiving rewards for official misconduct.
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