SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An attorney for an ex-California state senator convicted of racketeering asked a judge to consider the senator's long history of public service and his wife's illness and sentence him to no more than five years and three months in prison, below the 8-year sentence recommended by prosecutors.
Lassart also said Yee's wife is suffering from a life-threatening illness and requires his help with daily tasks, and that federal authorities manipulated one of Yee's co-defendants, who made statements that implicated Yee.
