Patriots DB Denard convicted of felony assault of a police officer

**Paintballguy** · 02-20-2013, 01:24 PM

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...olice-officer/

**Tolucaraven** · 02-20-2013, 01:31 PM

Nice find. It is possible they open with the Ravens next season also. It will effect them bigtime, with Talib a FA and now another corner likley out of the mix. This should effect thier draft and also thier FA plans and spending. It will have a major domino effect.

**GOTA** · 02-20-2013, 01:36 PM

They drafted him knowing this was possible. That's the reason why Denard fell to round 7. Most teams were scared off.

**BigPlayReceiver** · 02-20-2013, 01:42 PM

Sooooo...besides locking oneself in a home gym with a Xbox close by between January and May, stay the hell away from alcohol too.

**BigPlayReceiver** · 02-20-2013, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Tolucaraven

Nice find. It is possible they open with the Ravens next season also. It will effect them bigtime, with Talib a FA and now another corner likley out of the mix. This should effect thier draft and also thier FA plans and spending. It will have a major domino effect.

Don't worry. I took care of this in Leachisabeast's mock

**NC Raven** · 02-20-2013, 02:40 PM

Six years? How did he "assault" this cop exactly, by running him over with a tractor-trailer? Good heavens. Generally speaking (because I'm sure there's a bucket of 'legal experts' dying to correct me at exhaustive length, which happens any time anybody makes any remote generalization on the internet about a legal matter) assaults are misdemeanors unless you use a weapon.

Wonder what Dennard's prior criminal record looks like. If its clean he probably just gets some kind of probation.

**Hammerhead** · 02-20-2013, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by NC Raven

Six years? How did he "assault" this cop exactly, by running him over with a tractor-trailer? Good heavens. Generally speaking (because I'm sure there's a bucket of 'legal experts' dying to correct me at exhaustive length, which happens any time anybody makes any remote generalization on the internet about a legal matter) assaults are misdemeanors unless you use a weapon.

Wonder what Dennard's prior criminal record looks like. If its clean he probably just gets some kind of probation.

Hitting a cop gets you a much harsher jail sentence than hitting someone who is not a cop.

When they say 6 years, that is usually a maximum -- as in, he gets 6 years if he is the second coming of Scarface. What are Dennard's priors? I could see this as a 6-12 month sentence and then he gets released next spring. If that is the case, and IF he gets his head on straight, using a 7th round pick on him might not have been the worst move in the world.

**leachisabeast** · 02-20-2013, 03:40 PM

My drunken cousin assaulted a police officer the other day and received a 50 pound fine and some community service, I very much doubt he spends any time inside, let alone 6 years.

I know its different laws, but this would be totally outrageous if that was the sentence.

**BigPlayReceiver** · 02-20-2013, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Hammerhead

Hitting a cop gets you a much harsher jail sentence than hitting someone who is not a cop.

Includes police dogs too in most states. Even if it's tearing into your leg at the time.

**admartian** · 02-20-2013, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

My drunken cousin assaulted a police officer the other day and received a 50 pound fine and some community service, I very much doubt he spends any time inside, let alone 6 years.

I know its different laws, but this would be totally outrageous if that was the sentence.

TBF though, are UK laws/prosecution as harsh as the US' when it comes to these things?

I know (sadly) NZ laws aren't. :(

But yeah; 6 years is max. I'm with Hammerhead above and say he does anywhere from 6-12 months.

**The Excellector** · 02-20-2013, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by BigPlayReceiver

Sooooo...besides locking oneself in a home gym with a Xbox close by between January and May, stay the hell away from alcohol too.

The book is writing itself as we speak.

**Haloti92** · 02-20-2013, 04:31 PM

He won't do much time in jail, if any. But he will be suspended by the league. How many games we are talking about, I have no idea, but probably 2-4 games.