Poor Wesley Snipes-an innocent among the racists
The following is from the Ocala Star Banner:
OCALA - A federal judge Monday rejected the most recent motion by lawyers for actor Wesley Snipes asking for a delay of his trial on tax evasion charges.
Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges denied a motion filed Friday by Snipes' lawyers asking for a delay while they appeal Hodges' earlier ruling that the trial will stay in Ocala.
Snipes is scheduled to go to trial Monday, along with co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas Rosile. All three men are each charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud and one count of aiding and abetting the making of a false and fraudulent claim as part of an alleged tax fraud scheme. Snipes also is charged with six counts of willfully failing to timely file federal income tax returns.
The trial is set for the federal court in Marion County because Kahn's business providing tax advice operated from Sorrento in Lake County. Snipes' legal residence also was in Orlando at one point, and the Ocala division is within the federal court's Orlando district.
Snipes' legal team filed an appeal Friday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, arguing that Hodges erred in rejecting a change of venue request that would have moved the trial to New York. Lawyer Robert Barnes also filed a motion to stay the proceedings pending a ruling from the appellate court.
Hodges rejected the motion for a stay Monday, saying the motion was meaningless because the change of venue request applied only to some counts and not all. Hodges also said the motion cited no legal authority for an appeal, making the motion "frivolous both on the merits as well as the absence of any established jurisdiction" for the appeals court.
The appeal to the 11th Circuit will go forward, Barnes said Monday. But Snipes will be ready for trial next week if necessary.
"We respectfully disagree with the judge's ruling, but we have always been ready for trial, and and are anxious for trial to vindicate Wesley," he said.
Feel sorry for ol' Wesley! He's gonna be tried by racist Klansmen for no reason whatsoever. Well, except for the crime of income tax evasion, etc.
His crack legal team has tried just about every scheme not to get a fair trial in the heartland of the Klan. And me and the rest of the 'boys in the hoods' are getting damned tired of it.
OCALA - A federal judge Monday rejected the most recent motion by lawyers for actor Wesley Snipes asking for a delay of his trial on tax evasion charges.
Senior U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges denied a motion filed Friday by Snipes' lawyers asking for a delay while they appeal Hodges' earlier ruling that the trial will stay in Ocala.
Snipes is scheduled to go to trial Monday, along with co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas Rosile. All three men are each charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud and one count of aiding and abetting the making of a false and fraudulent claim as part of an alleged tax fraud scheme. Snipes also is charged with six counts of willfully failing to timely file federal income tax returns.
The trial is set for the federal court in Marion County because Kahn's business providing tax advice operated from Sorrento in Lake County. Snipes' legal residence also was in Orlando at one point, and the Ocala division is within the federal court's Orlando district.
Snipes' legal team filed an appeal Friday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, arguing that Hodges erred in rejecting a change of venue request that would have moved the trial to New York. Lawyer Robert Barnes also filed a motion to stay the proceedings pending a ruling from the appellate court.
Hodges rejected the motion for a stay Monday, saying the motion was meaningless because the change of venue request applied only to some counts and not all. Hodges also said the motion cited no legal authority for an appeal, making the motion "frivolous both on the merits as well as the absence of any established jurisdiction" for the appeals court.
The appeal to the 11th Circuit will go forward, Barnes said Monday. But Snipes will be ready for trial next week if necessary.
"We respectfully disagree with the judge's ruling, but we have always been ready for trial, and and are anxious for trial to vindicate Wesley," he said.
Feel sorry for ol' Wesley! He's gonna be tried by racist Klansmen for no reason whatsoever. Well, except for the crime of income tax evasion, etc.
His crack legal team has tried just about every scheme not to get a fair trial in the heartland of the Klan. And me and the rest of the 'boys in the hoods' are getting damned tired of it.
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