ZeroCool@feddit.ch to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTrump gag order expanded to cover attorneys after court gets hundreds of threatswww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down14 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1445arrow-down1external-linkTrump gag order expanded to cover attorneys after court gets hundreds of threatswww.rawstory.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareKonala Koala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoHe might not care about gag orders, but he may care about prison sentences against him.
minus-squareWagesOf@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoEven a guilty plea is going to go to appeal and he’ll be safe from prison for the next 10 years. I’d be shocked if he survives that long.
minus-squareuid0gid0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYou can’t appeal a guilty plea. You can appeal the resulting sentence but you lawyer has to prove it was more than was allowed by the law.
He might not care about gag orders, but he may care about prison sentences against him.
Even a guilty plea is going to go to appeal and he’ll be safe from prison for the next 10 years. I’d be shocked if he survives that long.
You can’t appeal a guilty plea. You can appeal the resulting sentence but you lawyer has to prove it was more than was allowed by the law.