Governor Bob Riley's Anti-gambling Task Force is hoping the State Supreme Court will give his anti-gambling task force a green light to raid VictoryLand.
On Monday, Task Force Commander John Tyson, Jr. filed an appeal saying Circuit Court Judge Tom Young’s ruling is "a gross abuse of judicial power."
VictoryLand reopened Friday despite questions about the legality of its electronic bingo machines. That same day, Judge Young blocked the task force from raiding the facility saying Tyson has no authority in Macon County because he's the district attorney in Mobile County.
“The ruling is unprecedented and dangerous," Tyson said. "Even though the Supreme Court has already told him that he has no authority in a civil case to stop law enforcement officers from enforcing criminal laws, Judge Young thumbed his nose at the Supreme Court and issued an even more sweeping order that prevents seizure of illegal slot machines throughout the State. The order is a poster child for the corruption that illegal gambling brings to our communities.”
Governor Riley and the Task Force also intend to appeal the ruling issued today by the judge overseeing litigation arising from the raid on the White Hall casino in Lowndes County. Judge Robert Vance, Jr. ruled that Attorney General Troy King must approve the actions of the lawyers designated by the Governor to handle the cases.
“When the Supreme Court speaks, some district attorneys, judges and casinos bosses simply choose not to listen,” said Governor Riley.
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