Posted on 01/23/2004 1:36:46 PM PST by AlwaysLurking
Palm Beach State Attorneys Office Dances Atop Their SUV, Releases Confidential Correspondence
Roy Black Comments on the State's Release of Confidential Correspondence
Miami, FL January 23, 2004 Roy Black, attorney for Rush Limbaugh, issued the following statement today regarding confidential correspondence that was released to the media by Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer.
My letter to Mr. Krischer regarding Mr. Limbaughs case asked that Mr. Limbaugh be afforded the treatment anyone else would receive. The State's response was preposterous, but consistent with their double standard in this case. The facts are: Mr. Limbaugh went to these doctors to relieve chronic, intractable pain; there was no doctor shopping. Mr. Limbaugh never considered accepting the States ludicrous offer. He was not going to plea to something he did not do. We sent them a letter suggesting Mr. Limbaugh be treated in a similar manner that others had been treated. They responded with a preposterous offer. Discussions ended at that time. At no time was there ever a plea agreement of any kind.
"What the records dont show is that before we could draft a letter responding to the State, we received a phone call from a newspaper reporter, as a result of a leak by the State Attorneys office, asking us whether Mr. Limbaugh had agreed to enter a plea. As I told the court last month, we think the State Attorneys Office should be investigated for journalist shopping.
"What is most troubling here is the continued violations of Florida law and bar ethics by the State Attorneys Office. One need look no further than the bold caption on top of my letter alerting everyone to the confidential nature of the communication. The disclosure of these highly confidential communications violates the Florida statutes, the rules of procedure and evidence, and the Florida Bar Rules governing professional conduct. Because the State has no case against Mr. Limbaugh they continually seek to discredit him in the media.
Guilty of nothing, so I suppose you can be the first to throw stones at Limbaugh.
Ironically you followed the above statement by ASKing me to Read the letters on The Smoking Gun.
Why are you ASKing me for something. What are you guilty of now?
Provide evidence (hint: not stories sold to tabloids for hefty sums) that Rush illegally obtained narcotics.
Now that you mention it, I do.
I was just thinking about Rush Limbaugh and not looking at full picture.
I don't know. Why don't you ask another genius, ex-#42 who is still trying to find out the meaning of "is".
Actually, I'm thinking the rule of law is not equally applied to begin with.
Moreover, I was not writing about people playing golf and committing a "a felony by illegally procurring and taking controlled narcotics, provided (a) he's a famous conservative; and (b) he's taking the illegal drugs so that he can play freaking golf a couple times a week. Makes freak'in sense to me...The rules of society don't apply as long as you play golf."
Now you aren't making any freak'in sense to me. I wasn't even suggesting such a thing. I only stated that some guys and gals play golf not matter what kind of pain they are in...Geesh, have you got an over active imagination.
Anyway, I enjoy your posts and comments.
I know you were (and that's alright). I just wanted to take your remark and expand on it.
It's easy to forget that this is a full blown cultural war and some conservatives/Republicans don't want to believe it. There's nothing American about the leftist POV and they're dead serious about destroying what America was founded to protect.
LOL!
"What is most troubling here is the continued violations of Florida law and bar ethics by the State Attorneys Office."
If there is one thing I have learned about the judicial system in Florida, from the election of 2000, from the Terri Schiavo case and now this, it's that they don't let a little thing like the law and the Constitution get in the way of doing whatever it is they want to do.
Very poor choice of words! Now I have to try and get that image out of my head so I can go to sleep. LOL!
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