NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to postpone a sentencing hearing for a former Louisiana film commissioner in a bribery case. Mark Smith pleaded guilty in 2007 to taking about $65,000 in bribes to help inflate tax credits meant to lure film projects to the state. Smith was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, but U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt agreed Monday to postpone the hearing until July 1. Prosecutors asked for the delay because Smith is cooperating in the case against attorney William Bradley, who pleaded guilty earlier this month to conspiring to bribe Smith.
Sentencing postponed for former La. film official
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