New York – Both Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos will dodge prison time, predicted a prominent defense lawyer today.
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Attorney Barry Slotnick announced his expectations on John Catsimatidis’ Sunday radio show, reported the Daily News.
Slotnick said that the Supreme Court’s newly narrowed definition of public corruption will benefit both the former Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader.
Lawyers for the two men are hopeful that the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to throw out conviction charges against former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell this past June established a precedent that will also keep their clients out of jail.
Slotnick said that the charges given to jurors in both cases were inappropriate and resulted in wrongful convictions. Silver and Skelos are currently out on bail while their convictions are appealed.
“I predict one more time that Skelos and Silver will not go to jail, that their convictions will be reversed and that this will end it for these two people,” said Slotnick. “They’re never going to go to jail and they will never have felony convictions.
Wrong again. Shelly didn’t declare millions of dollars in cash hidden in his apartment.
He may be right for Skelos, but Silver is also charged with tax crimes for not reporting the income.
Baruch Hashem!!!
I am very happy for Mr. Silber and wish him the best. He’s a noble person and great man. He deserves only the best!!!
I never understood why Hillary was allowed to enrich herself many times more, by leveraging her political status and celebrity, and was never charged. What Shelley did was bubkis compared to that.
Bottom line is, Shelly was a master of the law. Was he corrupt? Yes Was it morally wrong? yes But was its legally wrong? No. So why was he convicted? Because a jury is not legal experts. In their mind if the man is morally corrupt he is guilty. And the prosecutes do a great job painting that image. Anyone recall the one hold out jurror who was reluctant to convict but had his/ her arm twisted to come to a decision. That juror ended up just having to decide based on his/ her emotion.