To: Keflavik76; steve w; grey_whiskers
And any other lawfags:
I saw this link out in twitterland and the few sentences I could read looked interesting. But WSJ paywall...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-sullivans-bad-judgment-11589411745
Judge Sullivan’s Bad Judgment
Can Flynn be sentenced when prosecutors say there was no crime?
If the prosecution and defense both want to drop a case, can a federal judge refuse and sentence the defendant anyway? The easy call should be no, which makes all the more bizarre federal Judge Emmet Sullivan’s decision Tuesday to invite outside briefs in the Michael Flynn case.
948 posted on
05/13/2020 8:21:19 PM PDT by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
To: little jeremiah
952 posted on
05/13/2020 8:24:19 PM PDT by
aMorePerfectUnion
(I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
To: little jeremiah; Keflavik76; steve w; grey_whiskers; ransomnote; All
If the prosecution and defense both want to drop a case, can a federal judge refuse and sentence the defendant anyway? The easy call should be no, which makes all the more bizarre federal Judge Emmet Sullivan’s decision Tuesday to invite outside briefs in the Michael Flynn case Good news!
DC Circuit Court overrules Judge Leon in Fokker DPA case (Judge Sullivan can pound sand - it’s over)
"Tuesday’s appellate opinion (pdf) written by Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan said, “The Constitution allocates primacy in criminal charging decisions to the Executive Branch.”"
1,045 posted on
05/13/2020 10:14:26 PM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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