Derrick Smith’s prison report date extended
Thursday, Oct 1, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller
* This guy caught such a break, but now he wants another one? Sun-Times…
Former state Rep. Derrick Smith might have as many as three more weeks of freedom before facing the music for taking a $7,000 cash bribe.
U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman put Smith’s surrender to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on hold until Oct. 21 “unless this court orders otherwise” after hearing arguments Tuesday from defense attorney Michelle Jacobs. But she only did so after pointing out that Smith’s mere five-month prison sentence could already have been behind him.
“He would have been done by now,” Coleman said. “It would have been over.”
Coleman herself characterized Smith’s sentence as “brief” during Tuesday’s hearing, which Smith attended. Jacobs has argued Smith might win either a new trial or a reduced sentence on appeal, but that process might not end before Smith leaves prison. He was previously due to report to a federal prison in Duluth, Minnesota, on Wednesday. […]
Or, the judge said, the sentence could “maybe go up.”
That’s the same judge who recently threatened to hold the Illinois comptroller in contempt of court. She’s not to be trifled with.
- Stones - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:25 pm:
He probably doesn’t want to do his time over the summer.
- Team Sleep - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:44 pm:
Jesse White really picked a winner with this one.
- Flynn's mom - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:45 pm:
Stones, it’s October.
- Stones - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:02 pm:
That’s my point…he’s delayed his surrender until the end of October now. He’ll potentially service his time during the winter rather than the summer.
- Lil Squeezy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:06 pm:
Maybe he is a Cubs fan…
- A guy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:12 pm:
Duluth is definitely the place of choice. He’d be wise not to lose his placement there.
- DuPage - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:26 pm:
What is he thinking? It is one of the “country club” facilities, nice weather in the summer, but very cold in winter.
- Nearly Normal - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:42 pm:
Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect…oh, wait. Wrong set of rules! Seems Monopoly rules are more strict than the court system sentences.
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:09 pm:
He can’t be ready to be released yet - I’m still p/offed!
- Demoralized - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:41 pm:
He should have done a Martha Stewart and reported to jail and got it over with.
- Mama - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 3:40 pm:
He must think he is above the law.
- A guy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:06 pm:
Any wonder now why $7K is all it took?
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:07 pm:
A Guy, that truly did make me laugh out loud. Excellent!
- walker - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:45 pm:
–”He must think …”–
Not a strength.
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 9:41 pm:
Maybe he’s trying to avoid being Stu’s cellie?