Lenny Dykstra has been ordered to stand trial in Los Angeles for car theft charges related to his driving off with three luxury cars in California. Dykstra, his 27 year old accountant, and another apparently left with the vehicles after filing fraudulent lease documents. Then after this behavior established probable cause that a crime had occured, police… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Jalen Rose DUI Guilty Plea Nets Serious Jail Time
Posted in Basketball, DUI, NBAFormer NBA player and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose was sentenced to 20 days of actual jail time for a first offence DUI guilty plea yesterday in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Rose will begin his sentence August 2, if his attorneys don’t appeal. In explaining her rationale for the plea Judge Kimberly Small said: But there are… Continue Reading
“I’ll bet you won’t get naked and ….”
Posted in Punishment, Sentencing, UncategorizedSo who’s heard those words before? You are at the ball park. A few beers. A few buddies. And someone says something like: I’ll bet you won’t get naked and…see if you can give that 2nd basemen a high five? Personally, I bet that at least 500 of those conversations happen around different ball parks… Continue Reading
Lance Armstrong Attacks
Posted in Cycling, Performance Enhancing DrugsLance Armstrong has gone on the attack to salvage his reputation and to damage the credibility of the government’s investigation into his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs. A court document was filed last week by Armstrong’s lawyers naming Jeff Novitzky, a Food and Drug Administration special agent, throughout. The document asks the court for a hearing to… Continue Reading
Can Clemens be tried again after a mistrial?
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsJudge Walton declared a mistrial on Thursday after the government’s glaring mistake in showing a tape of Clemens’ testimony before congress that had inadmissible hearsay contained on the video. What is a mistrial? And, more to the point can Clemens be tried again? Yes Clemens can and probably will be tried again. His retrial will only be… Continue Reading
If the beer can don’t fit, must you acquit?
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsLester Munson with ESPN reports that opening statements in the Roger Clemens perjury trial are underway. Assistant United States Attorney, Steven Durham, showed the jury in his opening statement “yellowing cotton balls, needles and vials” which had been turned over to the Government from Brian McNamee, Clemens’ long time trainer. Durham told the jury that… Continue Reading
What jurors will be selected in the trial of Roger Clemens?
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsIf you were a high profile starting pitcher charged with perjury before Congress, or if you were an Assistant United States Attorney trying to convict a hall-of-fame pitcher with 7 Cy Young awards, what type of juror would you want to sit and hear your side of the case? As a prosecutor you certainly would have… Continue Reading
Reluctant government witness: Andy Pettitte
Posted in Baseball, Performance Enhancing DrugsPotential jurors were screened Thursday before Judge Reggie Walton with questions from lawyers like: “is it a crime to lie to congress?” It will be after days of voir dire questions that will eventually yield a jury to hear the Roger Clemens case. Jury selection is expected to go into next week with a jury… Continue Reading
To testify or not to testify? That is the question…
Posted in Political Athletes, White CollarThe Chicago Sun Times reported on June 29, 2011 that the jurors in the Rod Blagojevich trial felt like the ex-governor was tailoring his testimony to them. Apparently, by discussing books in his library, his deep interest in education and his love for music, the ex-governor was attempting to make a connection to several jurors which included a… Continue Reading