Raleigh — Former House Speaker Jim Black's fall from power was completed Tuesday when he was sentenced to eight to 10 months on an obstruction of justice charges and was fined $1 million.
Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens withheld sentencing Black on a bribery charge until December, allowing Black that time to pay off the fine.
Black spent his first night behind bars in the county jail Monday night after surrendering to U.S. marshals to begin a 63-month federal prison sentence for public corruption. The state sentence will run at the same time as his federal sentence.
"It's all about money and the lust for power," Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said during the sentencing hearing. "Thta's what this case is about -- trying to get power and hold onto power."
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