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I know you are frustrated, Pitt, but Jolly's lawyer sounds like he's doing a good job.Originally posted by pittstang5
You must remember. Houston and Harris County is a very redneck place with regard to African Americans. Last summer, a Houston area cop rang Bear's running back up with a serious set of charges. The Bears cut Benson. Benson's attorney was able to prove in a court of law that all the charges (DUI, resisting, etc) were totally bogus.
Not only was Benson sober and acting properly, the COP was out of line. This is the same area, same kind of cop.
Jolly and his pals were screwed up and partying. But this is NOT a felony possession with intent to distribute case. Sounds like the Harris Co prosecutor is trying to still nail Jolly for heavy stuff and they will probably lose at a jury trial. Jolly should be able to plead out to misdemeanor simple possession of a controlled substance.
His attorney is giving him a rigorous defense and stopping him from getting railroaded on a bogus charge. That's what Jolly hired him for. if there was a decent prosecutor's office involved, this case would have been settled 8-9 months ago. Sounds like they are being dicks and this will take time.Comment
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Texas. Sigh. My family lives there."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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Incarcerated??Originally posted by Fritz
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I don't think that Jolly was screwed up and partying however, a couple of points:
a) He apparently did not fail an NFL drug test. I would assume that he would be tested after an arrest, failing a drug test puts a player in the NFL drug treatment program, a second failure results in a suspension. Either he failed and it was kept quiet, the NFL didn't test him, or he passed. I'm inclined to believe he passed, partially because of this other point.
b) He was arrested in his car. The cops approached his car because of loud music. The definition of operating under the influence is typically in the drivers seat, keys in the ignition. If the loud music drew in the cops, I'm inclined to believe that it wasn't the stock radio producing the sound. Some cars can listen to their radio without the keys in the ignition, but a subwoofer amplifier would typically have a separate power circuit pulled off the fuse box, that most likely would require the keys be in the ignition to be hot. Chances are he was in the drivers seat (it was his car) with the keys in the ignition. If he was not arrested for operating under the influence (he was not), I'm inclined to believe that in fact he was perfectly sober.
c) There were multiple containers in the car. I remember reading the exact number somewhere and the number of people in the car, I can't recall either number offhand, but I am sure that there was one fewer container than there was occupants in the car.
My guess is that his buddies were the ones partying, that he was the designated driver, but he was arrested and charged because they were in his car. Perhaps this explains why he is willing to go to trial and plead not guilty, and why he has not done a plea bargain.
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No. They are strange folk. They actually choose to live there.Originally posted by PatlerIncarcerated??Originally posted by Fritz
Sorry, TPB. I lived in Houston for a couple years - in some respects the people are great, but in others, not so much."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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