Opening statements have been made the corruption trial of longtime Maryland state Senator Ulysses Currie in Baltimore.
Prosecutors have charged the 74-year-old Prince George's County Democrat with bribery, extortion and making false statements. Prosecutors alleged that Currie accepted more than $245,000 from Shoppers Food Warehouse between 2002 and 2008 in exchange for political favors. Lawyers for Currie have argued that the state senator merely arranged meetings and did nothing illegal.
Currie has represented District 25 in Prince George's County in Maryland's legislature since 1987. He served two terms in the House of Delegates before being elected to the state senate in 1994. Currie has not resigned his state senate seat, though he did step down from his position as chairman of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee shortly after his indictment in September 2010
The trial could last as long as six weeks.
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