Merlino Trial thread

[SonnyBlackstein]

Jeez, get a room. Or did you?

[sdeitche]

Jeez, get a room. Or did you?

He treated me to dinner and got nothing in return!

[SonnyBlackstein]

Jeez, get a room. Or did you?

He treated me to dinner and got nothing in return!

Ha. Well played sir.

[UTC]

I must have got the number wrong off the bathroom wall.

[CatStevens9]

I know this sounds weird, but forgetting what the government has or hasn't proven, what do you guys think of his actual culpability on each of the charges? Not talking about whether he committed any crimes or not, but just honing in on the actual charges.

He probably did I don’t think Joey was hanging around guys like Rubeo and Kreisberg without getting a peice of the action and just merely acting like some type of unpaid mediator. All it takes is a good peice of hard evidence or a good witness to align the dots and the feds weren’t able to do that.

[SonnyBlackstein]

I must have got the number wrong off the bathroom wall.

/me chuckles.

[Doobeez]

I know this sounds weird, but forgetting what the government has or hasn't proven, what do you guys think of his actual culpability on each of the charges? Not talking about whether he committed any crimes or not, but just honing in on the actual charges.

He probably did I don’t think Joey was hanging around guys like Rubeo and Kreisberg without getting a peice of the action and just merely acting like some type of unpaid mediator. All it takes is a good peice of hard evidence or a good witness to align the dots and the feds weren’t able to do that.

Solid question who's answer is the not guilty verdict in a nutshell.

[Eddie mush]

Ok wats every1 think verdict tomorrow?

[bronx]

hung

[SonnyBlackstein]

Guilty.

[Confederate]

hung

Agreed. Hung Jury. The Prosecution can then try Merlino again and again but usually they give up after 2 or 3 hung Juries. The Defense can file a motion to dismiss for malicious prosecution after a few Hung Juries and the Judge will usually then dismiss the Case. We'll see.

[bronx]

If hung ,they bring him back one more time,if hung again, after jr trials . four , i agree with you ,they cut him loose

[SonnyBlackstein]

A hung is by no means a win for Merlino.
The prosecution gets to fix the myriad of mistakes it made in this trial.
And Joey has to pay another $500k to Jacobs for another few months, which he probably doesn’t have.

[Confederate]

A hung is by no means a win for Merlino.
The prosecution gets to fix the myriad of mistakes it made in this trial.
And Joey has to pay another $500k to Jacobs for another few months, which he probably doesn’t have.

Here's the other way to look at it:
A Hung is a PARTIAL win for Merlino.
The Prosecution CAN'T FIX a drug addict liar.
Nobody knows the financial arrangement Merlino has with his lawyer or how much money Merlino has at his disposal.

Better to roll the dice again then go to Jail for 20 years.....
Wether you like Merlino or don't like him is irrelevant. The POINT is that the Prosecution has a weak case that aint gonna get magically fixed........

[SonnyBlackstein]

A hung is by no means a win for Merlino.
The prosecution gets to fix the myriad of mistakes it made in this trial.
And Joey has to pay another $500k to Jacobs for another few months, which he probably doesn’t have.

Here's the other way to look at it:
A Hung is a PARTIAL win for Merlino.
The Prosecution CAN'T FIX a drug addict liar.
Nobody knows the financial arrangement Merlino has with his lawyer or how much money Merlino has at his disposal.

Better to roll the dice again then go to Jail for 20 years.....
Wether you like Merlino or don't like him is irrelevant. The POINT is that the Prosecution has a weak case that aint gonna get magically fixed........

Confed, youre one of my fav posters on this site. Always enjoy reading and learning something from youre posts.
That said, here, I have to disagree.
The prosecution cant fix Rubeo i agree, but they sure as shit can fine tune his responses. They now know what Jacobs is going to ask, his angles, his tricks. Jacobs has shown his hand and the government can coach Rubeo on how to handle this. Rubeo himself will feel more comfortable in the chair, wont be caught offguard, will be more relaxed, less emotional and more informed with responses. Rubeo WILL be a much better witness now that he has experience in what to expect.

The arrangement with Jacbos will CERTAINLY cost more money. He would've signed on for one trial. Another will certainly hit Merlino hard.

I agree the case is shite. But it HAS to be concerning that with a shite case, the Jury is deadlocked for three days. Merlinos case aint going to get better, only the G's.

Id say 75% chance conviction this trial, 90% the second.

And Im pulling for Merlino to walk. Why? Not because Im a fan boy, but as someone interested in the US LCN, is it more or less interesting with Merlino a player or not. Obviously a fuckload more interesting with Joey on the street. But personally I think the odds are fucked here. If it was what we were led to believe and the case was so bad, why a hung jury for so long? He didn't really say shit to Sylvia and if she was the only hold out she wouldve caved over three days, over a hello. So I think there's more to this case than we're hearing and he's fucked. And I'd honestly LOVE to see an acquittal.

Question: Anyone think Merlino will get a plea offer from the G if its a hung?