FARGO (AP) - The representative for a Grand Forks attorney who was accused and then cleared of conspiring to kill a confidential informant says he plans to investigate a drug task force now that the key witness in the case has been sentenced to prison.
Henry Howe is a longtime criminal defense attorney who was charged in January with murder conspiracy. The case was dropped after Howe's lawyer, David Thompson, argued that witness Steven Anderson made up the allegations.
Anderson was sentenced Monday to seven years for felony theft.
Thompson says he was waiting for Anderson's sentencing before pursuing action against a Grand Forks narcotics task force that initiated the case against Howe. Thompson says that might include a civil suit.
Officials in the state attorney general's office were not available for comment.