Prosecutor wants ex-lawmaker to serve time

Posted 10/16/19

Special prosecutor David Pascoe wants to undo a deal he agreed to.

The deal was a no-prison-time agreement in the corruption trial of former Lexington lawmaker Rick Quinn.

Pascoe told SC …

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Prosecutor wants ex-lawmaker to serve time

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Special prosecutor David Pascoe wants to undo a deal he agreed to.

The deal was a no-prison-time agreement in the corruption trial of former Lexington lawmaker Rick Quinn.

Pascoe told SC Supreme Court justices this week that Judge Carmen Mullen allowed Quinn to avoid pleading guilty to a broad misconduct indictment.

Instead, Pascoe said, she allowed him to plead guilty to a narrower charge Pascoe called a non-crime.

Pascoe said a state grand jury indicted Quinn on a broad pattern of misconduct involving millions Quinn illegally took. 

Pascoe said he was “blindsided” in the plea deal.

It will likely be months before justices issue an opinion, reporter John Monk wrote in The State newspaper.

The justices have several options. 

They could vacate Quinn’s conviction, send the case back to a trial court, and have Quinn resentenced. 

Pascoe has asked the justices to pull Mullen off the case, so the justices could go along with that or keep Mullen. Or the justices could rule that Quinn’s conviction and sentence stand, at the same time making clear that he was, in fact, convicted of misconduct in office.

Justices also can comment on Pascoe and Mullen’s actions and conduct in the affair as it was far more confusing than most criminal trials.

Lexington County, david pascoe, rick quinn, plea deal

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