RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion  

Go Back   RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion > Miscellaneous > Non-Sports Chatter

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-21-2010, 04:00 AM   #1
cincinnati chili
post hype sleeper
 
cincinnati chili's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Denver
Posts: 10,350
Criminal Procedure Question (Roger Clemens related) for Redszone's lawyers

So apparently Andy Pettitte's deposition testimony was "key" to the government getting an indictment against Clemens. See this article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/m...ory?id=5479748

and this indictment:

http://a.espncdn.com/media/pdf/10081...Indictment.pdf

Presumably, that means Pettitte's testimony at trial may be key to the prosecution obtaining a guilty verdict.

Under our Sixth Amendment and Crawford v. Washington, Pettitte's deposition will not be admissible at trial. Instead, Clemens has the right to "confront" Pettitte in the courtroom.

So here's my question. Is it possible for Pettitte to avoid being dragged into court as a witness?

Under the Federal Civil Rules (I don't know the criminal rules very well), you can't compel a witness to travel out of state more than 100 miles from his home unless you serve him with process in the state where the trial will take place. Is the rule the same in a criminal case?

In this case, the trial will take place in D.C. Can Pettitte effectively evade service if he stays out of D.C. until after the trial?
__________________
On Dasher On Dancer On Prancer Ondrusek
cincinnati chili is offline   Reply With Quote
Turn Off Ads?
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:49 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

Board Moderators may, at their discretion and judgment, delete and/or edit any messages that violate any of the following guidelines: 1. Explicit references to alleged illegal or unlawful acts. 2. Graphic sexual descriptions. 3. Racial or ethnic slurs. 4. Use of edgy language (including masked profanity). 5. Direct personal attacks, flames, fights, trolling, baiting, name-calling, general nuisance, excessive player criticism or anything along those lines. 6. Posting spam. 7. Each person may have only one user account. It is fine to be critical here - that's what this board is for. But let's not beat a subject or a player to death, please.

Thank you, and most importantly, enjoy yourselves!

RedsZone.com is a privately owned website and is not affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds or Major League Baseball

Contact us: Boss | GIK | dabvu2498 | GADawg | Gallen5862 | LexRedsFan | mattfeet | MBZags | Plus Plus | redsfan1995 | The Operator | Tommyjohn25