Jackson Jambalaya

Nice. I thought this day would never come. Now go after all the County employees that enabled and participated in the looting of tax payer dollars to line Rudy’s and their pockets.

To the man who thought Collette would get him off do you care to revise now?

Not surprising. Now big John Colette gets a big fat fee to appeal the conviction. I still don't understand why Rudy went to trial when the evidence against him was so overwhelming unless there was either no plea bargain offered or one that was so oppressive it warranted him risking going to trial.

@2:49 - I don't really give a crap about all that. I just want to see his ass behind bars, not the bar at his house wearing an ankle bracelet.

And I agree with 2:47. Wish his sentence could be contingent on him squealing.

What about Anderson?

Got a flash message from the Journal paper saying guilty but nothing else. I guess no further information is available. That was quick.

While I am unsure if a plea bargain was even offered, I am 100% confident that Rudy's arrogance would not have allowed him to take it.

Surprise
surprise
surprise.

I thought Anderson pleaded guilty already with sentencing contingent on testifying against Rudolph. I'm wrong, right?

Rudy has been found guilty of less than 1% of the crooked s**t he has done in his day. He will get punished for sure. But he deserves far more prison time than he will actually get.

Collette loses .... aGAIN.

It would be ironic if the Marshal's service hooks Warnock up and deposits his ass in the Tucker Bed and Breakfast for an extended stay before going to the Big House.

Where's the guy who wrote this a few days ago:

""that jury gonna be out less than an hour . 30 minutes to go to the bathroom and 30 minutes to quit on the first vote."

Is he the same person who just got convicted in under 3 hours (including lunch)?

Damon Stevenson is the atty for Cleveland Anderson? Let's hope he isn't responsible for his ankle bracelet...

It sure took long enough. But thank God.

Pretty sure Mr Collette got paid a very hefty retainer up front before taking this to trial.

It’s always the client’s decision to go to trial or accept a plea offer. If a defendant is claiming innocence, an attorney cannot plead him guilty nor can the defendant take a plea in order to take advantage of a favorable plea offer. Ethically, if Rudy is claiming he didn’t do it, colette couldn’t plead him guilty no matter how good the plea offer was. And there was likely a plea offer made by the government, what is was who knows.

Anderson was convicted on all counts too. Rudy is looking at up to 50 years and Anderson 10years. The sentence will be determined by the sentencing guidelines. The guidelines will be controlled by the amount of loss. There’s really no opportunity to “squeal” at this point for either of them, at least not in this case.

I’m going to say Anderson gets the full 10yrs, and Rudy gets about 25yrs

As others have noted, it's very interesting that he worked for the Madison County Board of Supervisors for 10 years or more with a clean record, then worked for CMU for a fraction of that time and had this type of work relationship.

Are we to believe that the fine Supervisors of Madison County were to just too ethical to participate in these same trips, payments, etc.??

…and homeboy has already tried to “off” himself.

4:28 is spot on.

I will add that it does not take much effort to learn that the federal conviction rate is sky high. The saying goes, unlike the majority of state prosecutors, "federal prosecutors are prepared for trial at the time they secure an indictment." Big advantage for them in this regard. Any defendant turning down a plea recommendation from the feds should informed by his counsel of all of this.

This is dated by a few years, but still pretty much accurate based on what I know: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/14/fewer-than-1-of-defendants-in-federal-criminal-cases-were-acquitted-in-2022/

Incorrect. It’s called an Alford plea or best interest plea. The defendant pleads guilty based on the overwhelming evidence against him. He doesn’t have to admit wrongdoing. It is in the discretion of the prosecutor to agree to that and the discretion of the judge to accept it.

Rude, rude, Rudy, goodbye!
Rude, rude, Rudy, I'd cry.
A million KY Jellies I'll deliver.
In case you need 'em when you're sent upriver.
Rude, rude, Rudy, goooodBYYYYE!