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...grad's otherwise clean criminal record. Meanwhile, Libby's lawyers will try to argue for a new trial - something few observers expect Walton will permit - and then will ask the judge to allow Libby to postpone his jail sentence until an appeal can be heard. Retired Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin maintains that an appeal could be considered - and ruled on - in as little as six months, but it could stretch into 2008 if the appeal briefs are extensive. Given the way his lawyers tried to slow down the process with pretrial motions last year, they are likely...
...that is something Walton is unlikely to grant. Libby's lawyers next move would be to ask Walton to postpone the sentencing until an appeal can be heard. Such an appeal could be considered and ruled on in as little as six months, according to retired Federal Judge Stanley Sporkin, but could stretch into 2008 if the appeals briefs are extensive. And given the way Libby's lawyer Ted Wells tried to slow down the process with pre-trial motions last year, they are likely...
Winning a conviction is even tougher if independent auditors or outside lawyers have signed off on the accounting methods in question. Although in theory compliance with GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) "cannot be used as a cover," says retired Judge Stanley Sporkin, prosecutors have generally ceded the territory to the SEC for civil action, if any at all. As the President himself said in defending his tenure as a director at Harken Energy, "In the corporate world, sometimes things aren't exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures." Expect to hear those words echoed by defense lawyers...