Posted on 08/08/2018 9:58:07 AM PDT by sickoflibs
The fact that he embezzeled monies tells me that HE had more say over the books than Manafort. And the bookkeeper wasn’t honest either. Gates had to know that but doesn’t mean Manafort knew she was doing some cheating.
Judge shopping is nothing new. Ellis is both experienced and wise.
Bingo. The judge gives you a fair trial but if you get convicted he gives you less grounds to appeal.
Can judge dismiss WITH PREJUDICE & no more filings can happen?
I thought I heard that the bookkeeper claimed it was Gates who told her to cheat on the taxes and that he showed her something with Manafort's signature verifying he agreed to it. Do they have that documentation? Or did I just dream this?
Yes, a judge can dismiss with prejudice.
Typically though that is not what happens when you have a hung jury.
This judge may throw the whole dam thing out.
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This would be bad and the judge knows it. It only gets manafort off temporarily.
That’s why the prosecution is dragging their feet. It seems like they know they are likely to lose, and would rather get the case thrown out. They are going to draw this out until the judge stops them. What they don’t want is an actual verdict.
Astonishingly bad lawyers.
:-)
Rick Gates guilty of subornation of perjury, just like Ted Stephens case.
What a lot of people don't understand is that federal prosecutors hardly ever see the inside of a court room.
Everything in the fed system in plea bargained so when it comes to an actual trial they are often the least experienced attorneys in the court room.
Mansfort's attorneys do this for a living every day.
As I noted previously, the judge doing a sua sponte dismissal just gives the government an issue on appeal. Now, if the defense makes a motion for directed verdict after the close of the government’s case and he grants it, THEN we’re talkin’.
It is hard to see the prosecution winning this mess.
if Manafort is not convicted there won’t be another trial.
Muehler is shown to be a fraud and even the Goebbelsmedia will turn on him.
Looking for a hung jury?
Made me look.
Sua sponte
Latin for “of one’s own accord; voluntarily.” Used to indicate that a court has taken notice of an issue on its own motion without prompting or suggestion from either party.
As a general rule, where grounds for dismissal exist, an action is subject to dismissal on a court’s own motion. A trial court has the power to dismiss an action sua sponte for want of prosecution, or failure to comply with the rules of civil procedure or a court’s orders. A court may sua sponte enter a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction even though both parties have agreed to appear in the court.
See, e.g., Carlisle v. United States, 517 US 416 (1996) and Trest v. Cain, 522 US 87 (1997).
This says civil. Can it happen in criminal court?
Exactly.
This judge should yell at Mueller to wrap it up, maybe even make him cry.
I bet they are complaining the judge is a Bush appointment. I’m so confused. I thought in all this Russia stuff, the Ukrainians were the good guys. They helped develop the profile on Trump did they not in an effort to support Clinton? And they are the victims of Russian aggression according to the Russo-phobes. But in THIS case they are the bad guys?
Yeah, jury trials can be tough. Knowing what stupid results have come of juries does not reassure me.
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