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To: Poohbah
That's not a yes/no answer to that question. Maybe his inability to give a straight answer is genetic--he IS, after all, a lawyer.

You argue like one.

He was asked COULD you go to jail. He said he didn't know. It was up to the judge.

Asked more directly on a different occasion of H&C if he would be willing to go to jail, he said, "If I go to jail, I go to jail."

Your concerns are addressed.

52 posted on 11/04/2003 3:52:25 PM PST by Gelato
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To: Gelato
He was asked COULD you go to jail. He said he didn't know. It was up to the judge.

Do you support designating English as America's official language? If so, please learn how to read and write in English. Thank you.

"Could you go to jail?" is a query with a boolean answer--either yes, he COULD (i.e., it is within the possible range of consequences) go to jail, or no, he COULD NOT (i.e., it is NOT within the possible range of consequences).

It's not up to the judge if he COULD go to jail; either the judge has the power to sentence him to jail, or the judge does not have the power.

Asked more directly on a different occasion of H&C if he would be willing to go to jail, he said, "If I go to jail, I go to jail."

Yup. That time out, there wasn't even a question of whether or not such an outcome was possible.

53 posted on 11/04/2003 3:58:44 PM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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