Live: Jussie Smollett Sentencing

ABC ^ | 3/10/22

[V_TWIN]

Just going off what the banner at the bottom of the screen is saying....having said that.....it IS chicagostan after all.

[blackdog]

Forty gays in his hole?

[from occupied ga]

death by ru ru

[I want the USA back]

Gay black guy who cried racism. What will he get?
A fine and a job at CNN.

[BiglyCommentary]

Has to walk up and down Wacker Blvd with a sandwich board, “I’m an idiot”, for 1 year.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Wouldn't the motion for a new trial be an appellate decision?

No. You have to move the trial court for a Motion for new trial. Then, when and if that Motion gets denied, you file your appeal of the denial of that Motion with the Court of Appeals.

Then that's what you argue on appeal -- that the trial court should have granted your motion for a new trial.

[Born in 1950]

Rights violated by Trump. Record expunged.

[Born in 1950]

Above predictive not descriptive.

[Political Junkie Too]

Thanks. What would be the grounds for a new trial that weren't already brought up in a motion for a mistrial before the jury reached a verdict?

Was there jury tampering?

-PJ

[MrRelevant]

His time out on bail during this crisis is so much to bear. That is punishment enough for fomenting race wars, lying to authorities and being an absolute hypocrite.

[dfwgator]

Forty gays in his hole?

Brilliant!

[CodeJockey]

The entire case was about race, so Smollett will be held to a lower standard because of his race.

[dangus]

No point pretending not to know Smollett if you know about Empire.

[bestrongbpositive]

Six months in the same cell as Big Bubba

[bestrongbpositive]

Six months in the same cell as Big Bubba

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

No, it's just that you have to make those motions at various specific times within a case to preserve the appeal. For example, depending upon the procedural law in your state, you may have to 1) object when the error first occurs, 2) object again at the end of the prosecution case when you're asking it to be thrown out, 3) object again after all evidence is in, and 4) object after the verdict is read and entered. Essentially, if you sit on a valid objection without objecting and "preserving" it, you lose the right to make it later.

Alternatively, you may also learn of new information post-verdict (such as jury misconduct, etc.) that creates a new ground for a mistrial. So you'd have to make a motion for that additional reason as well.

[RandallFlagg]

Never seen Empire, but I did see his face get exploded from the back by a xenomorph’s tongue...

[dangus]

Muh LEG!!! I can’t feel muh LEG!!!!

(That’s what you were referring to, right?)

[CodeJockey]

Is this chick retrying the case?

[Roadrunner383]

The big strike against Smollett is not that he filed a false police report (people seldom go to jail for that), but that he lied under oath in court for hours. Bascially everything he said on the stand was a lie. He’s a nutcase and the jury didn’t believe anything he said. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got probation or community service, but the judge may not be pleased with him committing such ridiculous perjury.