Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Scrushy Case
From Associated Press
A judge has recommended against dismissing the 85-count fraud indictment against former HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy, rejecting defense claims that prosecutors failed to screen grand jurors for bias.
U.S. Magistrate Judge T. Michael Putnam said he would recommend that the district judge presiding in the case refuse to dismiss the indictment. District judges typically follow the suggestions of magistrate judges in such cases.
