TULSA,
Oklahoma — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former Tulsa
police officer who was found guilty of perjury and civil rights violations in a
corruption scandal that shook the Tulsa Police Department.
The
10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the decision Thursday in the
case of Jeff Henderson, who was convicted on eight counts and sentenced to
three-and-half years in prison. He was acquitted on 45 other charges.
Henderson
was among 11 officers charged or named as unindicted co-conspirators in an
investigation that led to more than 40 defendants having convictions overturned
or being released from prison.
Among
the accusations against Henderson was that he and other officers entered a home
without a warrant in September 2007 in what was determined to be an illegal
search.