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By MARY K. BLEWITT
Arundel Newspapers State Writer
Attorney General Mary Sue j Terry issued a statement last Friday c clearing Lt. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, her Democratic gubemato- s ral running mate, of charges that he i violated state ethics laws. Wilder’s ; GOP opponent J. Marshall Coleman ; said the statement raises questions ( about Wilder and Terry’s trustwor- 1 thiness. i
Following an investigation by Stephen Rosenthal, deputy attorney 1 general, and Guy Horsley Jr., senior ; assistant attorney general, Terry ruled that there is “no reasonable basis” for reports that Wilder violated the Virginia Conflict of interest Act.
News reports two weeks ago revealed that Wilder had failed to report two assets owned by a trust of which he is the sole beneficiary. Approximately 27 acres in Louisa County and 2,500 shares of stock in Virginia First Savings Bank were omitted from Wilder’s statement of economic interest.
The Louisa property was deeded to Wilder in payment for his legal representation of Curtis Darnell Poindexter who he defended in a 1976 murder trial. Poindexter was found guilty of murdering a Louisa County Circuit Court judge and is serving life in prison.
The report of inquiry indicated that the two investigating attorney’s interviewed Wilder, his son, and Joel W. Harris, who was Wilder’s counselor at the time the January1988 and 1989 disclosure forms were filed. Also questioned was H. Louis
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