Comments on: Stevens conviction voided, Siegelman still a felon

By: Old Prosecutor

Old Prosecutor — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:50:28 +0000

In Stevens case there was a Motion for a New Trial based upon the prosecution withholding exculpatory evidence (a major no-no for prosecutors). Justice agreed that the Motion should be granted and then stated that if granted, Justice would dismiss the case (not retry the case).

Procedurely that is a lot different posture than Seigelman’s case is in.

By: wayne

wayne — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:41:21 +0000

was not Sarah Palin indirectly involved in going after Stevens

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:16:20 +0000

Can the Justice department drop the charges against Siegelman? After all, he has been convicted and his conviction has been upheld. It seems like the Courts would have to vacate the charges. Fuller ain’t gonna do that and there isn’t anything Justice can do about Fuller. I dont’ see the 11th Circuit doing ti either–or the Supreme Court, for that matter. I suppose they can pull the prosecutors off the appeals but still, isn’t it a little late for the charges to be dropped? (I think that for Stevens too, although I think the Judge there may very well set aside his verdict because of the obvious prosecutoral misconduct). can any attorneys weigh in on this?

By: Don

Don — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:38:47 +0000

If you’re scratching your head wondering WTF with Holder doing this, Dan Morris, co-host of the “Morris/Montiel Viewpoint” talk show in Montgomery, just gave his opinion on the show this morning. He thinks Holder did this for a Republican so he can soon do the same for a Democrat without appearing biased. That Democrat, according to Morris, will likely be former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. BTW, for Alabama political junkies who also listen to talk radio, Bluewater Broadcasting (the owners of the Montgomery radio station that this show is on) went on FM radio this morning with it’s News/talk 107.9 FM so listeners outside of the immediate Montgomery area may want to see if they can pick the broadcast up on radio rather than relying on it being streamed live over the internet from http://www.morrismontiel.com/Home.html

By: dan t

dan t — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:44:35 +0000

I forgot the link for that Paul Minor story.

http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/15338

By: dan t

dan t — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:42:56 +0000

Brian, Paul Minor over in Mississippi is using the Karl Rove framed me excuse in his public appeal over his convictions. First, the Don and now Mr Minor…man that Karl Rove must have been a busy guy. I still hold out hope that Tommy Gallion will file a lawsuit against Rove accusing him of conspiring with Phil Fulmer to bring down the Alabama crimson tide. Oh we can only hope…talk about entertaining!!! If not Gallion, then please one of you other bama fans do this!! This country needs a good laugh right now. Seriously though, most of this Rove nonsense is mainly being used to drum up donations for democrat campaigns and the legal fees that the Don and the others have accrued over their criminal acts. To my knowledge Karl Rove’s name is no where to be found in the Don and Minor’s appeals. Those judges in Atlanta and Austin would have their attorneys thrown out if they started down that road.