EvoSkins Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Firearm charges against Marcus Vick dropped http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2358734 Associated Press Former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick has resolved his recent legal problems, pleading guilty to disorderly conduct charges in one court and speeding and driving without a valid driver's license in another. As part of his guilty plea of disorderly conduct, prosecutors dropped three counts of brandishing a firearm against Vick. In January, three days after being kicked off the Virginia Tech team, Vick was charged with pulling a gun on three teenagers during an altercation in a McDonald's parking lot. Prosecutors said Monday that "seriously conflicting evidence" on the gun charges led to the plea deal. Vick was sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine. However, his jail time was suspended on condition of good behavior for one year. --------------------------- Any chance that Taylor gets off with a slap on his wrist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman1119446 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I don't think so. It sounds like the Florida prosecutors are a little more aggressive, and they are acting like they have a better case than the Marcus Vick prosecutors have. I do not see Taylor pleading out to no jail time. He is either guilty or not guilty in this case. For the amount of time he faces, a no jail time plea would be unrealistic, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akorn22 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Well Taylor will have one hell of a lawyer with one hell of a startegy. If taylor listens to his lawyer things will work out. However if he is truly guilty, then i don;t want him to get any less of a sentence then he deserves. Taylor is a great player and i definatly want him on the team for a long time. Our D would suffer without him no doubt. But football player or not, we can;t condone and excuse this conduct simply because he we want him playing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheREALJBird Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Well Taylor will have one hell of a lawyer with one hell of a startegy. If taylor listens to his lawyer things will work out. However if he is truly guilty, then i don;t want him to get any less of a sentence then he deserves. Taylor is a great player and i definatly want him on the team for a long time. Our D would suffer without him no doubt. But football player or not, we can;t condone and excuse this conduct simply because he we want him playing for us. True, I think the prosecution is tryin to nail an NFL player though, because the case isn't in their favor very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Florida has some of the toughest gun laws, VA is has some of the softest. FREE SEAN TAYLOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince62 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 is the judge a Jags fan? if so....we have the makings of an appeal should things go awry...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaser Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 The main difference is that Taylors case is in Florida which as stated a couple posts before mine has some of the toughest gun laws. These laws require a minimum of three years imprisonment and prevent a plea deal similar to Vicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmania123 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I was going to say the same thing as the poster above. You cannot compare the gun laws of Florida with any other state in the country really. You just pull the gun out and you are looking at 3 years. The problem I have with this "case" is that that his accusers are the thugs that stole from him. But then I start thinking about Taylor overall. Here is the way I see Sean Taylor. I love him as a player, but if you are going to lie about spitting on a guy to your coach, and then have it replayed over and over on national tv, and embarrass your coach who just took your back, and frankly lie about something sooo small in the scheme of life, well I would imagine this guy is so lawyered up because there are things we do not know yet about this case. The guy lies when it is just as easy to tell the truth. I just do not believe the prosecutor would pursue this without some real hard evidence. And that is what scares me about this case. The bottom line is if the dude did pull a gun well then I can live without him on our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPinstripe Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I do not know a lot about this case other then little snippets I have heard here and there, but if he pulled the gun out and shot at them as they were stealing his stuff, or even if they were threatening him, he had ever right to. Thats the risk those guys run for stealing from other people. He has the right to defend his property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacase Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 amazing how you guys want to blur the facts. No one but Taylor has accused the guys he pointed a gun at. There have been no charges, the ATV's were not found, nothing. So the so called thugs (and the only reason you are calling them that is because they live in the ghetto in south florida) didn't do anythign to Taylor. he came to their house allegedly pulled a gun on then, then came back later and punched somoene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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