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ATLANTA (AP) Attorneys for former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell have filed a motion seeking to dismiss his conviction for tax evasion.

The motion was filed with U.S. District Judge Richard Story.

A federal jury found Campbell guilty earlier this month of tax evasion, but cleared him of charges he lined his pockets with payoffs as he guided Atlanta through a period of robust development in the 1990s.

Campbell could get up to nine years in prison and 300-thousand dollars in fines. However, legal experts have said it's doubtful he will get the maximum sentence.

Campbell was indicted two years after leaving office, snared in a federal corruption probe that has led to the convictions of ten other former city officials and contractors.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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