Thursday, the judge put off a decision on whether to set a surrender date, or whether to allow the two men to
remain free on bail during the appeals process.
Schuler is expected to
remain free on the bail conditions stipulated back in October of 2016, when he was first arrested and charged, which includes a $ 50,000 personal recognizance bond.
Here for Slaw aficionados is the commutation itself, triggered by the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit «s rejection of Scooter Libby's request to
remain free on bail while pursuing his appeals and here the justification, setting aside a jury's decision.
Now that Libby's sentence has been decided, Judge Walton faces an equally difficult decision: whether to allow Libby to
remain free on bail pending appeal.
In separate memos, Bharara's prosecutors blasted arguments by former state Senator Skelos and ex-Assembly speaker Silver that their convictions will be tossed — thanks to ex-Virginia gover Bob McDonnell — and therefore they should
remain free on bail as they seek appeal.
Like Silver, Skelos is asking a federal judge to allow him to
remain free on bail pending an appeal and the Supreme Court's McDonnell decision.
His legal team is also asking Caproni to allow Silver to
remain free on bail while he appeals.
The two men will
remain free on bail — potentially for months — until the Second Circuit US Court of Appeals makes its decision in their case.
Prosecutors would still seem to hold an advantage: Caproni, in an order granting Silver's request to
remain free on bail while he appealed his conviction, observed that «Silver's case is factually almost nothing like McDonnell.»
Silver, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in May 2016, has
remained free on bail while his case was on appeal.
They also skewered Skelos» bid to
remain free on bail, arguing that they proved at trial that he «took or agreed to take acts» that would benefit companies giving jobs to his son Adam, including «legislation, votes, pressure on other public officials.»
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Pistorius» lawyers have already confirmed they will appeal that decision to the Constitutional Court and that their client should
remain free on bail while they do so.
A Washington DC judge rejected a request by special prosecutors to force former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to fork over millions in cash in order to
remain free on bail — and admonished attorneys from both sides for talking to press.
Prosecutors would still seem to hold an advantage: Judge Caproni, in an order granting Mr. Silver's request to
remain free on bail while he appealed his conviction, observed that «Silver's case is factually almost nothing like (the Virginia case heard by the Supreme Court).
In the ruling issued on Thursday, Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, who presided in Mr. Silver's trial, granted his request to
remain free on bail while he appeals his case.