An attorney convicted of leading a $300 million gambling ring that used a veterans charity as a front and led to the resignation of Florida’s lieutenant governor is getting a new trial.
The Florida Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Wednesday in the case involving Jacksonville attorney Kelly Mathis, meaning an October ruling from the Fifth District Court of Appeal will stand. The earlier ruling said the trial judge should have allowed Mathis’ legal team to call additional witnesses to bolster its defense.
