Monksdown
06-01-2006, 05:14 PM
It is now the equivalent of stealing 20 bucks and jay walking. I love it. God Bless overzealous incompetent prosecutors, and teams of defense attornies who clearly did better on the bar.
I love it. I think his community service should be making an appearance at the former prosecutor's weekly party.
wolfeskins
06-01-2006, 06:03 PM
what does pleading "no contest" mean ? i know that pleading "guilty" means that you are saying you did the crime but in what ways is "no contest" different ?
Paintrain
06-01-2006, 06:24 PM
Will Sean have to miss any games as a punishment from the league?
Recently the league has been imposing a one game suspension to anyone who pleads guilty to a crime. A no contest plea isn't the same as guilty, but with his history (spitting incident, DWI arrest he was acquitted of) the league may slap him with a game anyways.
Red Robert
06-01-2006, 06:44 PM
I think that the NFL has nothing here. I expect no suspension at all on this. You cannot take a pattern of on field behavior, combine it it with a non convicted off-field incident and then suspend a player. My bet is that if something does happen the players association would have something to say about it.
No crime = No punishment
Pocket$ $traight
06-01-2006, 06:49 PM
The only surprise is that it took this long.
The league should tread lightly considering the scum who brought the charges against him. Like Taylor's lawyer said, the witness who played against him was jealous and thought that he could profit off of this so he wouldn't have to steal cars anymore. Think again dirtbag...
Suspending Taylor for a game is essentially taking the side of convicted criminals who were trying to abuse the system. The league better put some thought into this or Sharpstein will bitchslap them too.
Master4Caster
06-01-2006, 07:16 PM
Bet the prosecutor is just as relieved as ST. I susect the case against Taylor had some serious issues.
Pocket$ $traight
06-01-2006, 07:21 PM
Bet the prosecutor is just as relieved as ST. I susect the case against Taylor had some serious issues.
Taylor's lawyer also said that DJ Disco Grieco isn't out of the woods yet and this issue is not over for him.
That Guy
06-01-2006, 07:38 PM
what does pleading "no contest" mean ? i know that pleading "guilty" means that you are saying you did the crime but in what ways is "no contest" different ?
you're not admitting guilt, but you're not going to contest (challenge) the charges either.
Hail2theskins
06-01-2006, 08:22 PM
Question for legal pundits:
Can Taylor now be found liable in a civil case? I mean, of course they can take him to court, but do they not lack a preponderance of evidence to find him liable?
basically the worst thing that would come out of a civil case would be a settlement which im sure taylor will be able to afford because thats all the "victim" would want if they took it that far anyway.
Giantone
06-01-2006, 08:42 PM
Thank you , Thank you , I read this one like a book !Almost to a T I said this is what would happen .Now I will admit I don't like Taylor and he is a punk ...a good football player but he is an ass and he is guilty but the prosecutor screwed up so he walks .