Ken Mauer Is a Convicted Felon

[jlprk]

Wow, this is the first time anyone's ever sworn to put up with me for 30 minutes! I don't think that Las Vegas wedding chapel made her promise anything near 30 minutes. All that's left of that affair is my souvenir pencil monogrammed with their ad.

So, to be convicted of a crime, it has to be a jury trial? If you plead guilty without a jury, you're not convicted? So you become an unconvicted convict? So on a job application, you truthfully answer "no" to, "Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Explain. This will not necessarily disqualify you, really it won't."

 

[oldmangrouch]

I think people are a little confused.

Pleading guilty to a felony makes you a convicted felon.

What you may be thinking of, is a situation where the crime is officially dropped to a misdemeanor in exchange for a guilty plea.

 

[BGrantFan]

Wow, this is the first time anyone's ever sworn to put up with me for 30 minutes! I don't think that Las Vegas wedding chapel made her promise anything near 30 minutes. All that's left of that affair is my souvenir pencil monogrammed with their ad.

So, to be convicted of a crime, it has to be a jury trial? If you plead guilty without a jury, you're not convicted? So you become an unconvicted convict? So on a job application, you truthfully answer "no" to, "Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Explain. This will not necessarily disqualify you, really it won't."

I was using semantics, just as you were in your smart-ass question. It's a non-issue. A felon is a felon, except in the post-Reagan days, in which a felon is really just a small-time crook, and one is a lesser felon if they cheat on their taxes, plead down their crime, or officiate NBA basketball games.

I've learned a lot in this thread. Most of it has nothing to do with the thread, but I consider that a bonus.

 

[jlprk]

How are you going to be convicted by a jury if you plead guilty to a lesser felony? You're still a felon, either way.

Grouch--Nope, he's not confusing felony with misdemeanor. Although as I say, there aren't any misdemeanors anymore. Everything qualifies as a felony because the sentences got increased so much.

Grant--I was thinking the same. I learned a lot of useful vocabulary from the Urban Dictionary. A little education goes a long way toward earning you a good living.

 

[barfo]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Standing Wendy


Ya learn something new everyday.

It's about time there was a concise phrase for that very common situation.

barfo

 

[BBert]

Also note that Mauer was the official in the first Utah game here. He was booed thru an entire timeout in the first half.

Kenny had an ax to grind last night and will probably do it again the next time in the Garden.

I wasn't sure of that but early in the first quarter I was reminded of that earlier game. I also got the distinct impression that the more upset the fans got, the more Mauer purposely stuck it to them. To find out now he reffed the earlier game completes the circle. If he isn't taken to the wood shed about his obvious vendetta -- well -- it just confirms what I've known for years about Stern's NBA.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Is Kenny Mauer the guy Rice used to refer to as the Fonz? If so Rice has indicated that this guy has sucked for about 10-15 years. I now see why.

 

[BlazerWookee]

So felons shouldn't be allowed to work?

Granted if he ever applies for a job as an accountant or a tax preparer I hope they don't license him, but what does cheating on his taxes have to do with calling a basketball game?

I think he means that it's about integrity?

 

[BlazerWookee]

A convicted felon is convicted by either a jury or a judge, depending on the court arrangements. A felon doesn't have to be necessarily convicted; rather, they can plead into a lesser felony and admit guilt. Let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

A felon commits a crime. A convicted felon is arrested, tried, and convicted of that crime.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

A felon commits a crime. A convicted felon is arrested, tried, and convicted of that crime.

So Kobe is a felon!

 

[ABM]

Anyone care to caption this picture?

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Anyone care to caption this picture?

The Three Stooges.

 

[BBert]

Anyone care to caption this picture?

Blazers lose.

 

[STOMP]

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♬ Laaaakeeeeeerrrrrrs ♬

STOMP

 

[oldmangrouch]

Anyone care to caption this picture?

Tonight on "Sopranos II - Whistles of the Living Dead".

 

[MARIS61]

So felons shouldn't be allowed to work?

Granted if he ever applies for a job as an accountant or a tax preparer I hope they don't license him, but what does cheating on his taxes have to do with calling a basketball game?

Should be obvious.

 

[MARIS61]

There are felonies and there are FELONIES. Ed O.

I agree, and in my view someone who steals from his government is a traitor, the lowest of the low.

He stole from you, he stole from me, he stole from our children and our grandchildren.

 

[MARIS61]

So Kobe is a felon!

Common knowledge.