Posted on 12/01/2023 3:59:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett may be going back to jail soon as an appeals court upheld his convictions related to a 2019 hate crime hoax on Friday.
The “Empire” star, 41, was convicted in 2021 of five felony counts of disorderly conduct related to the alleged racist, homophobic attack and sentenced to 150 days behind bars. He served just six days of the sentence while the appeal was pending.
Smollett challenged the role of the special prosecutors, the jury selection, evidence, and other aspects of the case against him – but the convictions were ultimately upheld in 2-1 opinion from the Illinois Appeal Court. The California native – who made his big screen debut in 1992’s “The MIghty Ducks” – made headlines in 2019 when he reported to Chicago police that he was the victim of a homophobic and racist attack by two men wearing ski
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Yes. The prior courts convictions stands.
Everyone rises to the level of their own incompetence.
Are you talking about regular folks or NASCAR folks?
The pathetic faggot needs to do the rest of his pathetically short sentence and have all his pathetic whining ignored.
What’s next? Looks like a sausage party in the old Iron Bar Hotel.
With any luck his bond will be revoked and he’s ordered to jail Monday.
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We could but hope. What a piece of filth.
“Jussie Smollett may be going back to jail soon”
The J6 political prisoners were unavailable for comment.
He is ,after all, a black democrat.
Update:
Special prosecutor, Dan Webb, tells TMZ ... “The appellate court ruled on every issue Mr. Smollett raised in our favor and against him. This was a resounding and profound victory for us today. Having a dissenting voice in the ruling is not uncommon. The decision by the appeals court is final.”
He concluded, “What happens next is Mr. Smollett can file a petition for a higher appeal to The Illinois Supreme Court. This is purely discretionary meaning the court does not have to hear this appeal. He lost all legal rights to an appeal with today’s decision. If the Supreme Court decides to hear his appeal, there will be briefs filed and a hearing date set. If not, then the case goes back to the trial court, which will execute his sentence.”
https://www.tmz.com/2023/12/01/jussie-smollett-loses-appeal-jail-time-conviction-upheld/
Yeah, I forgot all about that.....dang.
It was a Miracle Whipping, you might say… an Immaculate Deception…
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