FSU's stud RB Dalvin Cook suspended indefinitely...

[JupiterBull]

 

I smell some good old Tallahassee home cooking getting started.

 

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2015/8/10/9126729/dalvin-cook-speedy-trial-new-witness-florida-state-fsu

 

I predict this will all go away, quickly, and he's miss the first game, at MOST.  I am very confident that he'll play against us, as the lack of video evidence means witness can be found to clear Cook.  It'll be "he said, she said", charges dropped (or greatly reduced, with suspension lifted).

Shocking!

 

"An independent witness came forward after the release of the 911 call and directly refuted some details of the call and claims of another witness," Patel said.

 

I wonder what that one cost?

 

Honestly, that 911 call likely helps Cook more than it hurts him.  If this even goes to trial, that tape likely injects some reasonable doubt.

 

I'm guessing they resolve this soon, and he's on the field for our game...which sucks.

[JupiterBull]

OK...so there's no "if" it seems, barring some late plea bargain.  Trial begins Monday.

 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/florida-state-seminoles/os-jury-selected-suspended-fsu-running-back-dalvin-cook-trial-20150821-story.html

[JupiterBull]

Holy Home Cookin', Batman!!  From the above story:

 

All members of the jury appear to be at least 40 years old. One of the jurors is a former attorney and another juror lives near a coach of a separate FSU athletic team. The non-football coach has close ties to head football coach Jimbo Fisher. The juror said the relationship with the non-football coach would not influence his decision-making process during the trial.

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

Clearly a jury of his "peers"

[Rizman]

Talk about stacking the jury in your favor.   You can guareentee we will be facing him. 

[JupiterBull]

Talk about stacking the jury in your favor.   You can guareentee we will be facing him. 

if so, I hope we give him the same treatment we can Wilder, Jr.

[JupiterBull]

Acquitted

 

http://floridastate.247sports.com/Bolt/Dalvin-Cook-found-not-guilty-38929029

[bullsfan27]

He'll play in the first game now. Bank on it

[JupiterBull]

No doubt.  My first reaction was that he'd get the deck stacked, and maybe he did.  But the 911 call was suspect, and it appears there was enough other info to provide ample reasonable doubt.

 

Now, it's important to remember that not guilty isn't the same as innocent, so if Jimbo feels he did something wrong, he will hold him out for 1-2 games.

 

Ah, man, I almost typed that last sentence with a straight face!  Yeah, he'll be back on the team any moment now, if not already.

[Bear]

Justice system found him innocent

 

 

Evidence was terrible, at best.

 

 

Good choice.