Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office wants the Florida Supreme Court to take up a case involving a prominent Jacksonville lawyer who was charged with racketeering and gambling-related crimes because of his ties to the Internet cafe industry.
The Fifth District Court of Appeal in October ruled that lawyer Kelly Mathis should receive a new trial after being convicted on 103 charges stemming from his work for the group Allied Veterans of the World, which operated dozens of internet cafes that were raided and shut down in 2013 because of illegal gambling.
