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 NEW YORK (AP) - An ex-judge was convicted on Thursday of accepting expensive cigars and other gifts in exchange for helping fix divorce cases — crimes captured on hidden-camera videos made in his chambers.
A jury deliberated two days before finding former Brooklyn state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Garson guilty of receiving bribes and accepting rewards for official misconduct. He was acquitted on four lesser counts.
Garson, 74, showed no reaction as the verdict was read. He faces up to seven years in prison at sentencing on June 5.
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