Judge tosses solicitation charge against Hollowell

[Wilms]

By Sarah Karush / Associated Press

Saturday, January 15, 2005

DETROIT -- Former Michigan Democratic chairman Melvin "Butch" Hollowell won a legal victory Friday over the solicitation charge that has sidelined him from state politics.

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The incident came just weeks after Hollowell left his Democratic Party post to serve as an unpaid adviser to John Kerry's national legal team. Afterward, he resigned from the Kerry campaign, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and the Butzel Long law firm in Detroit.

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Hollowell lawyer Cornelius Pitts hinted at sinister motivations behind the deputies' actions.

"There remain serious questions about how and why this case was initiated," he said. He declined to elaborate.

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