"The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the conviction of Oren Paris III, former president of Ecclesia College, in the kickback/bribery scheme involving state money funneled by two then-legislators, Micah Neal and Jon Woods.
The decision doesn’t appear to be a hopeful sign for two others convicted in the case — Randell Shelton and Woods. Shelton was a friend of Woods and “consultant” to the college who was a middleman in the deal that sent state General Improvement Fund money to the college. Some of it was kicked back to the legislators. The court specifically declined the argument Woods and Shelton have pressed over the actions of an FBI agent in wiping his laptop with evidence in the case because, he said, he’d stored some personal information there."
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/03/31/8th-circuit-upholds-oren-parris-conviction-in-ecclesia-kickback-bribe-case
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/03/31/8th-circuit-upholds-oren-parris-conviction-in-ecclesia-kickback-bribe-case
