By: JIMMIE E. GATES

Two former lawyers and a former state auditor - all of them imprisoned in a judicial bribery scandal - are expected to be subpoenaed for sworn statements in an unrelated bribery case involving the same judge.

Hinds County Circuit Judge Swan Yerger signed orders last month allowing Frisby Aerospace attorneys to take statements from former lawyers Joey Langston of Booneville and Timothy Balducci of New Albany and former State Auditor Steve Patterson. Earlier this year, Yerger halted further proceedings in a $1 billion theft-of-trade-secret lawsuit to let Frisby's counsel try to determine if suspended Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter was improperly influenced in the case by his former boss, one-time Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters.

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