Headed to Vail. Nice little trip, get all my CLE's in one shot.
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Anonymous
June 24, 2019 5:59 pm
Happily saving two mortgage payments by staying in Vegas, and laughing at a motion filed by opposing counsel about what a joke it is. Bogs and your families, enjoy Vail all on our dime.
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June 24, 2019 6:09 pm
Civil lawyer here with some (limited) criminal background: I understand FLeming's appeal is based on corruptionof the cops conspiring to target "rival pimps," but at the end of the day if a jury of his peers finds him guilty beyond reasonable doubt for crimes he committed based on actual evidence, what does corruption (absent withholding exonerating evidence and police using planted evidence) have anything to do with the underlying sentence?
Credibility of all of the witnesses (and their relationships with one another) seems pretty probative to me. If I was a juror, not sure I would have believed the victim, cop, or DA.
"Actual evidence" that could have been contradicted by the evidence never uncovered, never produced, never presented. Fleming sounds like a dirtbag but even dirtbags are entitled to a fair trial. This entire trial was filthy between LVMPD and CCDA.
It was a plea deal, so there was no jury. But he's not appealing the conviction, just the sentence (which was done by a judge). Specifically, he's saying that the pre-sentencing investigation was unreliable because of corruption.
According to the reply brief, two of the main witnesses were sex workers who were coerced into lying by Vice detectives (who were also sleeping with the women). This is backed up by affidavits from the witnesses, plus the lead detective in the case pleading the Fifth when asked if there was any coercion/bribery happening in the case. (Which, um, seems pretty convincing.) PSIs can't be based on "impalpable or highly suspect evidence," so Fleming is arguing that the sentencing should be thrown out and he should be resentenced.
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June 24, 2019 8:06 pm
Isn't this claim of Metro's Vice corruption similar to the claims of JP Andress-Tobiasson, which I have seen reported on this blog from time to time?
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June 25, 2019 5:58 pm
At the meeting, just about every judge is here. I am just here for the credits. Cannot stand these people; keep a fake smile on my face.
I'm not saying this would be my first choice for places to hang, but I can't help but hear a little "I didn't want to play with you anyway!" in these posts. Jesus, if you hate it so much that you have to post here about how terrible "these people" are then don't go. There are plenty of other (and cheaper and more convenient) ways to get CLEs.
Headed to Vail. Nice little trip, get all my CLE's in one shot.
Happily saving two mortgage payments by staying in Vegas, and laughing at a motion filed by opposing counsel about what a joke it is. Bogs and your families, enjoy Vail all on our dime.
Civil lawyer here with some (limited) criminal background: I understand FLeming's appeal is based on corruptionof the cops conspiring to target "rival pimps," but at the end of the day if a jury of his peers finds him guilty beyond reasonable doubt for crimes he committed based on actual evidence, what does corruption (absent withholding exonerating evidence and police using planted evidence) have anything to do with the underlying sentence?
Credibility of all of the witnesses (and their relationships with one another) seems pretty probative to me. If I was a juror, not sure I would have believed the victim, cop, or DA.
"Actual evidence" that could have been contradicted by the evidence never uncovered, never produced, never presented. Fleming sounds like a dirtbag but even dirtbags are entitled to a fair trial. This entire trial was filthy between LVMPD and CCDA.
It was a plea deal, so there was no jury. But he's not appealing the conviction, just the sentence (which was done by a judge). Specifically, he's saying that the pre-sentencing investigation was unreliable because of corruption.
According to the reply brief, two of the main witnesses were sex workers who were coerced into lying by Vice detectives (who were also sleeping with the women). This is backed up by affidavits from the witnesses, plus the lead detective in the case pleading the Fifth when asked if there was any coercion/bribery happening in the case. (Which, um, seems pretty convincing.) PSIs can't be based on "impalpable or highly suspect evidence," so Fleming is arguing that the sentencing should be thrown out and he should be resentenced.
Isn't this claim of Metro's Vice corruption similar to the claims of JP Andress-Tobiasson, which I have seen reported on this blog from time to time?
At the meeting, just about every judge is here. I am just here for the credits. Cannot stand these people; keep a fake smile on my face.
I'm not saying this would be my first choice for places to hang, but I can't help but hear a little "I didn't want to play with you anyway!" in these posts. Jesus, if you hate it so much that you have to post here about how terrible "these people" are then don't go. There are plenty of other (and cheaper and more convenient) ways to get CLEs.
I get ads all the time for a year's worth of CLE for $100. Nobody's buying that you are spending a couple thousand or more "just for the credits".