Comments on: The Zach Scruggs Motions hearing transcript from yesterday

By: nmisscommenter

nmisscommenter — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:06:58 +0000

The government is going to have to reframe it’s argument somewhat to do that, confounded. I’d say “I would think so but I’m not sure.”

By: lotus

lotus — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:06:55 +0000

Yep, confounded, sure does.

By: confounded

confounded — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:53:16 +0000

the 404b still comes in on zach or not?!

By: observer

observer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:49:27 +0000

“Him” a member, not you!

By: observer

observer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:43:28 +0000

I don’t know what Zach expects to happen at trial, after Balducci, Patterson, and Backstrom get up and testify that he was part of the conspiracy and knew what was going on. He may be the least involved person in the conspiracy (there always has to be one) but that still makes you a member of the conspiracy.

By: nmisscommenter

nmisscommenter — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:10:59 +0000

soms:

I would predict not in answer to your question. Look at the list of lawyers representing Scruggs in that case– a whole raft of them. Those folks were not clued in to the plot, I don’ t think, including Jones.

There’s a “you made a deal with the devil” quality to what has happened to Jones, but that doesn’t mean Jones did anything improper himself. The brief-on-a-napkin remark should have made him wonder what he was dealing with, but I’ve not heard anything that makes him sound a potential target.

By: somslawyer

somslawyer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:49:49 +0000

Even if Zach gets off on this particular venture, enough evidence of his involvement in the DeLaughter situation (like telling Jones he could file his brief “on a cocktail napkin”) has surfaced that it’s just a matter of time.

Question: Knowing what Jones apparently knew about the backdoor maneuvers in the Wilson suit, what are the chances that he could get caught up in that prosecution, which seems sure to come quickly now that round 1 is nearly over?

By: greenlawyer

greenlawyer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:41:04 +0000

I have heard from somewhat reliable sources here in Oxford that Zach was offered a deal of 1 year and that he refused, actually refused to go to court.

By: fishwater

fishwater — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:26:53 +0000

Say three Oums spaced 1.5 minutes apart and more will be revealed to you!

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:21:57 +0000

If you earwig a Judge without sweet potatoes, and he rules with you, have you come as close as possible to determining how many angels can dance on the head of pin. If he rules against you after an earwigging with sweet potatoes, do you solve the riddle about a tree falling in the forest without an ear to hear it making no sound?