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Sentencing postponed for former Judge Abel Limas, Jim Solis
Posted: 10.03.2011 at 10:44 AM
Updated: 10.03.2011 at 11:10 AM
Sergio Chapa

Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

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A federal judge has postponed the sentencing for former 404th State District Court Judge Abel Limas and former Texas State Rep. Jim Solis.

Sentencing was set for Monday morning but U.S. District Court Judge has postponed the sentencing for Limas until December 2nd.

Court records show that prosecutors filed the request to postpone the sentencing.

In a motion filed in court, prosecutors said the FBI case file was so large that they need more time to go through it.

Limas is accused in a bribery and racketeering case where cash was exchanged for favorable rulings from the bench.

Nine other people, including former Texas State Rep. Jim Solis and two other attorneys, have been charged in separate cases.

Solis was scheduled for sentencing on October 12th but Judge Hanen postponed it until December 2nd also at prosecutor's request.

SuspectRoleChargedGuilty PleaSentencing
    
Abel LimasJudgeMarch 29thMarch 31stDecember 2nd
Jose Manuel LongoriaMiddlemanMarch 30thN/AN/A
Jose Santiago SolisAttorneyApril 29thApril 29thDecember 2nd
Ray Roman MarchanAttorneyJune 21stN/AN/A
Francisco CisnerosBondsmanJune 21stAugust 8thFebruary 14th
Armando PeñaProbationerJune 21stJuly 19thOctober 24th
Karina PeñaWifeJune 21stJuly 26thJanuary 24th
Jaime MunivezDA InvestigatorJuly 19thN/AN/A
Joe ValleAttorneyAugust 10thAugust 10thNovember 14th
Marc RosenthalAttorneyAugust 16thN/AN/A
   

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