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Siegelman's request for release to be considered
Appeals court hands order to district judge
By BRIAN LYMAN - Sep 29, 2007
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1191057866179270.xml&coll=3

MONTGOMERY -- .......

Siegelman's attorneys said the three-page ruling -- issued Thursday -- suggests that the Atlanta-based appeals court saw something "missing" in the case. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Montgomery termed the ruling routine.

"We've got a governor who is in jail," said Vince Kilborn, a Mobile attorney who represented Siegelman during his 2006 trial and sentencing hearing earlier this year. "And we have the 11th Trial Circuit telling them to look at this ... issue before we decide it. In other words, (they say) 'We're giving you the first shot. We don't think it was done correctly the first time.'"

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Louis Franklin and Stephen Feaga, who prosecuted Siegelman, downplayed the court's ruling.

"There's nothing unusual about the 11th Circuit asking a district judge for additional information," Feaga said. "It's just a routine and normal matter."

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