Blagojevich lawyer lays out appeal reasoning - Rezko won’t serve more time - A rebuke may be in order
Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 - Posted by Rich Miller * Chicago criminal defense attorney Len Goodman, who is Lester Crown’s nephew, will be handling Rod Blagojevich’s appeal. Here’s what he told Crain’s about the case as he sees it now, although he admitted that he isn’t totally up to speed…
Overturning all 18 guilty counts would be highly unusual, to say the least. What do you think of Goodman’s arguments? * Meanwhile…
That seems reasonable. * And some lawyers are just willing to say anything, I suppose…
I have no idea whether he’s right, but I kinda doubt it because he didn’t mention the race angle in front of the judge. Either way, let’s all hope this lawyer doesn’t try to turn the trial into a circus.
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Blagojevich attorneys want another trial - Zagel calls motion “harebrained”
Monday, Dec 19, 2011 - Posted by Rich Miller * This seems like pretty weak sauce to me, but when your client was just sentenced to 14 years in prison, you’ll take what you can get…
* This is probably right…
* The hearing is scheduled for 10 o’clock this morning. The ScribbleLive thingy is set up and ready to go. BlackBerry users click here everybody else can just watch as it happens…
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Today’s Poll: Blagojevich’s substance abuse problem
Friday, Dec 16, 2011 - Posted by Rich Miller * Michael Sneed fills us in…
* The result of this admission…
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