Idaho Republican Senator Still Fighting

Sen. Larry Craig’s Appeal of Guilty Plea on Court Calendar

Larry Craig has maintained that his original guilty plea to disorderly conduct was "a mistake."

By Jill Kuraitis, 8-01-08

 
  Gov. Butch Otter greets Craig at his press conference; State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna is in the background

The Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) has a court date in the Minnesota Court of Appeals:  Sept. 10.

A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments from his attorneys that Craig should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea after an undercover police officer said Craig solicited him for sex in a Minneapolis airport bathroom stall.

Craig’s first request to withdraw his plea was denied by a county judge.



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