Dennard Arrested for Assault

[jsneb83]

I know it's the intent, not the result, that is judged here. But if he goes to jail for swinging at a guy who grabbed him from behind and that guy turns out to be a police officer, and all the officer got out of it was an injury requiring over-the-counter ibuprofen to treat, I'll be pissed. Our jails are overcrowded as it is, and this guy isn't a menace.

Not according to this guy

Livin' the thug life.

 

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@LJSpilger

Jury finds #Dennard guilty of assault on officer, resisting arrest, not guilty of assaulting Lincoln man. #Huskers

@LJSpilger

#Dennard faces up to 6 years at sentencing April 11.

So Fonzie is guilty of at least one felony. Awfully heavy price to pay for a momentary lapse of reason.

 

[TAKODA]

@LJSpilger

Jury finds #Dennard guilty of assault on officer, resisting arrest, not guilty of assaulting Lincoln man. #Huskers

@LJSpilger

#Dennard faces up to 6 years at sentencing April 11.

So Fonzie is guilty of at least one felony. Awfully heavy price to pay for a momentary lapse of reason.

I have no problem with the decision that came from the jury. He made his play and it cost him. I do not think he will get jail time but if he does, he will have to accept it and do the time. Probably a fine and probation of some sort. Lesson for all our football players; “If you have leftover aggression and energy after practice or a game, then you didn't push yourself hard enough when your aggression was called for" :grr

That being said; I don't think he is a bad kid just bad situation that he could have handled better.

 

[kchusker_chris]

That being said; I don't think he is a bad kid just bad situation that he could have handled better.

Maybe not, but what do we know. All most of us have seen is him on the football field - and it's not like that time has been absent of outbursts of violence either.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Dennard was taken into custody after another officer tackled him. I heard "another officer" will apply Huskers' staff job. :box Hehe!

 

[Comish]

my guess is the judge will go easy on him. suspend his sentence unless fonzie goes for a suspended imposition outright. however, this is still unfortunate. this seems more like a misdemeanor to me. i wonder what, if any, was offered as a plea bargain.

Or it could go the other way............ If the judge wants to make sure he/she is not accused of applying a "double standard" for athletes.

 

[CornHOLIO]

Any chance that the cop was a soccer player? (and took a flop)

 

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

I've been around Dennard a number of times off the field, obviously. He never seems like an aggressive type at all.

 

[sd'sker]

my guess is the judge will go easy on him. suspend his sentence unless fonzie goes for a suspended imposition outright. however, this is still unfortunate. this seems more like a misdemeanor to me. i wonder what, if any, was offered as a plea bargain.

Or it could go the other way............ If the judge wants to make sure he/she is not accused of applying a "double standard" for athletes.

i think that is what would generally happen to a first time offender given these circumstances.

 

[knapplc]

From the LJS article by Lori Pilger:

"Obviously we're disappointed with the verdict on the first count," Dennard's attorney, Terry Dougherty, said outside the courtroom soon after, with Dennard at his side.
At trial, he had conceded Dennard resisted arrest.

Now, he said, their work isn't done. They need to prepare for sentencing April 11, where 23-year-old Dennard faces a max of six years in prison.

Probation may be the more likely outcome.

In a press conference minutes later, Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said he's seen people in similar circumstances get probation or a limited jail sentence.

"I think the judge will be doing the same here as they do with anyone else," he said.

Kelly doubted his office would make any specific recommendation. If they say much, he said, it will be to make sure Dennard gets a sentence that accounts for everything that occurred.

 

[Count 'Bility]

I heard on a sports talk show here that since Dennard is obviously NOT a habitual offender, any sort of jail time would be rather surprising. The only issue in my eyes is with his salary as an NFL star, would any sort of max fine or probation be seen as enough "punishment" by the court?

 

[kchusker_chris]

I heard on a sports talk show here that since Dennard is obviously NOT a habitual offender, any sort of jail time would be rather surprising. The only issue in my eyes is with his salary as an NFL star, would any sort of max fine or probation be seen as enough "punishment" by the court?

I don't think they can take that into account. Otherwise he'd be treated differently for his wealth. Same as race, or being celebrity, etc...can't apply it to the decision.

 

[Decked]

 

[QMany]

I heard on a sports talk show here that since Dennard is obviously NOT a habitual offender, any sort of jail time would be rather surprising. The only issue in my eyes is with his salary as an NFL star, would any sort of max fine or probation be seen as enough "punishment" by the court?

I don't think they can take that into account. Otherwise he'd be treated differently for his wealth. Same as race, or being celebrity, etc...can't apply it to the decision.

Can't? Or not supposed to?

 

[Count 'Bility]

I heard on a sports talk show here that since Dennard is obviously NOT a habitual offender, any sort of jail time would be rather surprising. The only issue in my eyes is with his salary as an NFL star, would any sort of max fine or probation be seen as enough "punishment" by the court?

I don't think they can take that into account. Otherwise he'd be treated differently for his wealth. Same as race, or being celebrity, etc...can't apply it to the decision.

Can't? Or not supposed to?

I was just gonna say this. There's a lot of stuff that courts "cant" do.