Silver delaying new trial in hopes elderly witness dies
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masterswimmer
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Anyone else see the irony in this tactic? We're hoping for the same destiny for Silver.....soon!
Deplorable Me
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Shelly is one disturbed individual short on moral fiber. Hope his family donates his body to science to save on funeral costs.
Madmallard
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He'll never see the inside of a jail cell.
Deplorable Me
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I want to read Shelly's obituary. And piss on his nephew Andy too.
livingston
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No new trial for Sheldon Silver until he petitions Supreme Court
08/03/2017
ALBANY —Sheldon Silver will be able to make his case to the Supreme Court before prosecutors get a chance to bring a second corruption trial against him, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The former Assembly speaker from Lower Manhattan is hoping the nation’s highest court will give him an outright acquittal, rather than the mid-level ruling last month that vacated his 2015 conviction but sent it back to Judge Valerie Caproni for a new trial.
Prosecutors opposed Silver’s motion, saying they want to bring a new case against him now in part because a key witness, Dr. Robert Taub, is an octogenarian. Judges sided with Silver, who has until October to formally ask the Supreme Court for a hearing.
The Democratic politician will remain free before the court either grants a trial or decides not to hear the case.
“The court recognized the significance of the issues we will be asking the Supreme Court to review. It halted the trial court proceedings to allow us to do that,” said Silver’s lawyers, Joel Cohen and Steven Molo.
A spokesman for acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said he was still seeking a trial as quickly as possible.
No new trial for Sheldon Silver until he petitions Supreme Court
08/03/2017
ALBANY —Sheldon Silver will be able to make his case to the Supreme Court before prosecutors get a chance to bring a second corruption trial against him, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The former Assembly speaker from Lower Manhattan is hoping the nation’s highest court will give him an outright acquittal, rather than the mid-level ruling last month that vacated his 2015 conviction but sent it back to Judge Valerie Caproni for a new trial.
Prosecutors opposed Silver’s motion, saying they want to bring a new case against him now in part because a key witness, Dr. Robert Taub, is an octogenarian. Judges sided with Silver, who has until October to formally ask the Supreme Court for a hearing.
The Democratic politician will remain free before the court either grants a trial or decides not to hear the case.
“The court recognized the significance of the issues we will be asking the Supreme Court to review. It halted the trial court proceedings to allow us to do that,” said Silver’s lawyers, Joel Cohen and Steven Molo.
A spokesman for acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said he was still seeking a trial as quickly as possible.
No new trial for Sheldon Silver until he petitions Supreme Court