The son of high-profile trial attorney Richard Scruggs pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to felony charges related to an attempt to bribe a state judge.
David Zachary Scruggs pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., to one charge of misprision of a felony for failing to inform federal officials about the attempt to influence the judge.
David Scruggs faces up to three years in prison, a $250,000 fine and one year of supervised release. He is expected to lose his law license, as well.
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