Sean Taylor Trial

[PSUSkinsFan21]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071200959.html

A deal was offered to Taylor with the minimum jail sentence, 3 years. By Florida law the DA can't offer any less than that for the charges he's facing. So you're right, Taylor probably found this completely unacceptable and is taking his chances.

But the co-defendant was offered a deal to roll on Taylor, and he rejected that outright, despite the fact that all charges would have been dropped in the deal. He rejected that even though he's facing up to 15 years. That's telling to me.

Thanks for the info. I haven't been following as closely as I should.

Yah, I think for ST it's either innocent or bust at this point. The mandatory minimum is going to make a plea bargain almost impossible for both sides. You could look at it either way, of course, but to avoid the mandatory 3 years all the prosecutor would have to do is drop the assault down to simple assault that does not involve a gun. It's interesting that he refuses (thusfar) to do so.

As for the co-defendant, that really is shocking to me. As a co-defendant, with his own legal counsel, I can't imagine any attorney that wouldn't have convinced his client to take a deal that wipes out all charges......unless, of course, ST has made some promises behind closed doors to his boy involving $$$. We may never know.