Bill Cellini’s lawyers have formally requested probation for the Springfield powerbroker, who is awaiting an October sentencing on corruption convictions.
His defense team says the prosecution recommendation of an eight-year sentence is based in part on allegations for which Cellini was acquitted, and which therefore should not be factored into his sentence.
A court filing says that Cellini was not a major player in the schemes being pushed by others in former governor Rod Blagojevich’s inner circle.
