
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, June 24, 1990                   TAG: 9006240136
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

SECORD DROPS APPEAL OF IRAN-CONTRA VERDICT

Iran-Contra defendant Richard Secord is dropping an appeal of his conviction on charges of lying to a congressional investigator, a federal prosecutor's office said Saturday.

Secord agreed to drop the appeal in court papers filed Friday, said Mary Belcher, spokeswoman for independent counsel Lawrence Walsh.

The retired Air Force general had pleaded guilty last year to one felony count as part of a plea bargaining agreement under which Walsh agreed not to pursue 11 other felony charges against Secord. - Associated Press

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