Jeremy Hutchinson to be sentenced in Missouri in April

Former state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, who’s already dealing with virtually 4 years in jail in a single bribery case, is scheduled to be sentenced in a second federal courtroom subsequent month.

Hutchinson — a Republican like his uncle, former Gov. Asa Hutchinson — is to seem earlier than Decide Brian C. Wimes of U.S. District Court docket in Springfield, Missouri, on April 25 at 4 p.m.

In July 2019, Jeremy Hutchinson, 49, entered a negotiated responsible plea within the Missouri courtroom to a bribery scheme with former prime officers of Most well-liked Household Healthcare.

Hutchinson was sentenced in U.S. District Court docket in Little Rock in February to 46 months in jail for bribery and tax fraud after being convicted of misallocating marketing campaign cash from his time as a state legislator and submitting false returns.

Hutchinson has but to report back to jail within the Arkansas sentencing. Earlier this month, U.S. District Decide Kristine Baker, ruling in Little Rock, denied Hutchinson’s request that he not must report back to jail till after March 27. Baker, nevertheless, granted his request that he not must report till he will get assigned to a particular jail facility. The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on assigning Hutchinson to a jail till that ultimate piece is in place, Baker’s order suggests.

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