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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Friday - October 1, 2004

MEDIA ADVISORY

RALEIGH - Sentencing in the cases of United States v. Norman Y. Chambliss, III, No. 5:04-CR-59-1H; United States v. Weldon B. Denny, No. 5:04-CR-60-1H; and United States v. Morris Vivona, Jr., No. 5:04-CR-196-1H, has been scheduled for federal court in Greenville, N. C. United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard will preside. Details are as follows:

WHAT: Sentencing - Chambliss, Denny, & Vivona

WHEN: Wednesday - October 6, 2004

TIME: 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: United States Courthouse

Third Floor

201 South Evans Street

Greenville, N. C.

Charges against these defendants resulted from the federal grand jury investigation of the Meg Scott Phipps Campaign 2000 for Commissioner of Agriculture. Chambliss and Vivona previously pled guilty to obstruction of justice, and Denny pled guilty to making a false statement to a federal agency.

 

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