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Order closes Gene Stipe case

 
By The Associated Press | Published: November 21, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

MUSKOGEE -- A federal judge has decided to dismiss a petition seeking to revoke probation for former state Sen. Gene Stipe, effectively closing the case.

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If Stipe hadn't been found mentally incompetent to assist in his defense last month, a violation of his probation would likely have been found because his attorneys acknowledged he had unauthorized contact with Steve Covington, U.S. District Judge Ronald White wrote in his order earlier this week.

Covington and Stipe are both convicted felons. Covington is a business associate of Stipe's and continues to be in charge of many of Stipe's business interests.

The violation probably would have resulted in a four- to six-month prison sentence, which White said Stipe basically served during his two stays at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo.

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Related Topics: Politics, U.S. Politics, Criminal Sentencing and Punishment, Judiciary, U.S. Courts, World Politics, Probation and House Arrest, Crime and Law, U.S. State Politics, Oklahoma Politics



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