Martha Stewart's Appeal Won't Be Easy
NEW YORK, March 5 -- During Martha Stewart's criminal trial, her lead attorney, Robert G. Morvillo, complained repeatedly that the judge had cut the legs off his planned defense.
It was unfair, he said in court, for the judge to prevent him from arguing that there was nothing illegal about Stewart's Dec. 27, 2001, sale of ImClone Systems Inc. stock, so she had no reason to participate in the coverup she had been charged with. " -- Brooke Masters / Washington Post
This article points out the rocky road ahead for Ms. Stewart in the appeal phase of her journey. In the end one would not expect more than 8 - 12 months incarceration in a very low security "detainment" with stiff fines. The sentence is likely to be suspended or reduced even further. The feeling most people have is that she keeps digging her hole deeper with her out of courtroom above it all remarks. -- zzb
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