[Rosiak's Blog] Blue's attorney wants case to go to trial

[ToddRosiakSays]

Blue's attorney wants case to go to trial
               



The attorney for Marquette University basketball player Vander Blue, accused of hitting a Marquette student outside a campus area restaurant, said Tuesday that Blue had turned down an offer to reduce a municipal citation from assault and battery, to disorderly conduct.

               

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/120207189.html
               

[Litehouse]

That's an interesting twist.  Could have got off with a disorderly, and wants a trial?

[Pakuni]

That's an interesting twist.  Could have got off with a disorderly, and wants a trial?

Boyle may be betting that the complainant (perhaps an out-of-state student?) isn't going to want to come back to Milwaukee in June to testify that he got clocked by Vander Blue, face a cross-examination from one of the city's best defense lawyers and have to deal with the media and peer scrutiny that's sure to come.

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Boyle may be betting that the complainant (perhaps an out-of-state student?) isn't going to want to come back to Milwaukee in June to testify that he got clocked by Vander Blue, face a cross-examination from one of the city's best defense lawyers and have to deal with the media and peer scrutiny that's sure to come.

Or Vander believes he is innocent....I don't know just throwing it out there.

[PE8983]

Maybe he knows that the supposed victim's idea of facts are full of sh*t.

[immaeagle]

Boyle may be betting that the complainant (perhaps an out-of-state student?) isn't going to want to come back to Milwaukee in June to testify that he got clocked by Vander Blue, face a cross-examination from one of the city's best defense lawyers and have to deal with the media and peer scrutiny that's sure to come.

Sounds speculation-heavy to me.

[foreverwarriors]

Sounds speculation-heavy to me.

what's that...your thoughts on everything about Vander Blue? Or this particular case?

[Rubie Q]

Sounds speculation-heavy to me.

Actually, it's pretty sound trial strategy.

[tower912]

Irony defined is immaeagle saying something sounds speculation heavy.    How about the notion that Vander's attorney thinks that when everybody testifies under oath, Vander's name gets cleared?

[StillAWarrior]

Sounds speculation-heavy to me.

Please, please tell me that this was a joke and should have been in teal.  If so, even though I may disagree with what you've said in the other thread, I have huge respect for your sense of humor.  If not, then simply don't know what to say after your admittedly "speculation-heavy" posts in the other thread.  After all, it's Pakuni's favorite team...he has to have an opinion.

[Pakuni]

Sounds speculation-heavy to me.

Was it the phrase "may be betting" that gave it away?

But, yeah, speculating on legal strategy in a case that's been charged is the exact same thing as implying that someone is a sex offender.

[immaeagle]

Please, please tell me that this was a joke and should have been in teal.  If so, even though I may disagree with what you've said in the other thread, I have huge respect for your sense of humor.  If not, then I'm simply at a loss for words after your admittedly "speculation-heavy" posts in the other thread.

I do not and will not subscribe to writing sarcasm in teal. It is the equivalent of winking while telling a joke.

[StillAWarrior]

I do not and will not subscribe to writing sarcasm in teal. It is the equivalent of winking while telling a joke.

And I agree with that approach totally.  I don't use teal or the smiley things.  Then I'll assume it was a joke and say, "well played."

[MerrittsMustache]

I do not and will not subscribe to writing sarcasm in teal. It is the equivalent of winking while telling a joke.

Does this mean that all your posts on the other thread were meant to be sarcastic?

[immaeagle]

Does this mean that all your posts on the other thread were meant to be sarcastic?

Regrettabely, it does not

[ToddRosiakSays]

Blue's attorney wants case to go to trial
               



The attorney for Marquette University basketball player Vander Blue, accused of punching a man outside a campus area restaurant last October, said Tuesday that he will seek a trial for his client after being cited for assault and battery.

               

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/120207189.html
               

[Fullodds]

He wants to go to trial because he thinks he can win.

[MU B2002]

Qdoba is in the old Dairy Queen spot correct(2002 grad)?  I was pretty sure there were cameras near that intersection.  Is that not correct?

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

Couple friends of mine got kidnapped right in front of that place, when it was George Webb's. Broad daylight during the summer. Fun stuff.

Anyway, incredibly enough DPS said that they didn't have enough cameras in that area to get a shot of the guy's face, or even body really. (He got into her vehicle, put a gun to her head and told her to start driving.)

[bilsu]

My speculation is that Blue has no choice, because Buzz told him is gone if he is guilty.

[leever]

Couple friends of mine got kidnapped right in front of that place, when it was George Webb's. Broad daylight during the summer. Fun stuff.

Anyway, incredibly enough DPS said that they didn't have enough cameras in that area to get a shot of the guy's face, or even body really. (He got into her vehicle, put a gun to her head and told her to start driving.)

Careful - - some posters may assume that the kidnapper was a basketball player!

[Pakuni]

In case you hadn't seen, the blog has been updated with this:

A university spokeswoman said in an email that Blue had been disciplined both under the student conduct code and by the basketball program. "Further disciplinary action by the basketball program is possible pending the results of the court proceeding," spokeswoman Brigid O'Brien Miller.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Oftentimes when a player embarrasses a team, a coach responds by punishing his teammates.

With this in mind, I believe we now have an explanation for Blue's late/post season minutes.

[Golden Avalanche]

Boyle may be betting that the complainant (perhaps an out-of-state student?) isn't going to want to come back to Milwaukee in June to testify that he got clocked by Vander Blue, face a cross-examination from one of the city's best defense lawyers and have to deal with the media and peer scrutiny that's sure to come.

Sounds right to me.

Boyle is a mean son-of-a-bitch. Certainly wouldn't want him after my kid even if this is a college hijinks trial.

[MarquetteDano]

If its true that Blue came over to their table and basically instigated this.... not good.