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06-21-2006, 04:53 PM
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| | doo doo doo
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| Looks like Juwan Simpson will be playing for the Tide this Fall.
Marijuana possession charges dropped. Driving erratically and possession of a stolen fire-arm likely to be dropped as well.
Not surprisingly, one of the top criminal defense attorneys in the state defended him (pro bono of course).
Here's an interesting commentary from the Mobile Register about the topic: More special treatment
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06-21-2006, 05:05 PM
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| | This Space Is For Rent
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Originally Posted by (GAVol @ Jun 21, 2006 5:00 PM) What is it with Alabama attorneys? | I don't know, but sometimes I wish that we had them in Tennessee... | |
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06-21-2006, 05:05 PM
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| | VN GURU
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| Having spent more than a couple of years in criminal defense before transitioning to corporate law, I can say I've negotiated plenty of deals consistent with this one. I don't see any favorable treatment there. Any college student with a spotless criminal history would receive a similar disposition. I do think the attorney could have chosen his words more carefully. Saying charges are going to "disappear" just doesn't cast the system in a good light. | 
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06-21-2006, 05:08 PM
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| | doo doo doo
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: looking out my backdoor
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| The gun stuff is a little different than the marijuana. Also curious that he was not given a field sobriety test after being stopped for erratic driving. Finally, it's nice that he gets such fine legal representation!
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06-21-2006, 05:12 PM
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| | Maestro of Merge
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Originally Posted by (Orangewhiteblood @ Jun 21, 2006 5:11 PM) I guess in Alabama, a stolen gun hidden under the seat of your car isn't a concealed weapon... | I think they call that urban serendipity. | |
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06-21-2006, 05:46 PM
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| | Merge Master J
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the frontage road
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| Sweet Home Alabama, let me drive through T town swirving and have a pistol under the front seat and I wouldn't be posting for a while.
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06-21-2006, 08:11 PM
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| | Defensive Line of Orange!
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Originally Posted by (volmanjr @ Jun 21, 2006 4:46 PM) Sweet Home Alabama, let me drive through T town swirving and have a pistol under the front seat and I wouldn't be posting for a while. | yeah but would'nt anybody in T town get the same treatment in a vols orange volkswagon embossed with a power T and the likeness of General Neyland on the hood?  | |
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06-21-2006, 10:55 PM
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| | Merge Master J
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| Hey that's profiling and that's just wrong.
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06-22-2006, 07:45 AM
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| | Still keeping VN honest..
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Originally Posted by (volmanjr @ Jun 21, 2006 10:55 PM) Hey that's profiling and that's just wrong. | i agree with the sentiment of the aricle, but that's funny right there. 
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